A retrospective review of a childhood favorite.
An incredibly well-told, coming-of-age story of a young boy and his pet fawn set in the Florida swamps. Sensitive, but with harsh realism in the mix, the story is told through the eyes of Jody, the main character and his famiily. You are transported back into the pre-tourist impacted Florida of the mid-1930s. This is a must-read for anyone who is or ever was a pre-teen struggling with mixed emotions about life. This book won the 1938 Pulitzer and has just been re-issued in a 50th anniversary edition.
A book of raging adventure
A boy and his dad gose hunting for a giant bear because the bear keeps harassing this town. The young boy wants a pet that he could play with and tell his secrets too and he gets a fawn in which he calls flag. In the story the young boy has to make lots of decisons.
