Product Description
by Wilson Rawls (Author)
A School Library Journal Top 100 Childrens Novel
An NPR Must-Read for Kids
Billy has long dreamt of owning not one but two dogs. So when heâ(TM)s finally able to save up enough money for two pups to call his own â" Old Dan and Little Ann â" heâ(TM)s ecstatic. It doesnâ(TM)t matter that times are tough; together theyâ(TM)ll roam the hills of the Ozarks.
Soon Billy and his hounds become the finest hunting team in the valley. Stories of their great achievements spread throughout the region and the combination of Old Danâ(TM)s brawn Little Annâ(TM)s brains and Billyâ(TM)s sheer will seems unbeatable. But tragedy awaits these determined hunters â" now friends â" and Billy learns that hope can grow out of despair and that the seeds of the future can come from the scars of the past.
