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  <title><![CDATA[Old Yeller (Perennial Classics)]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;P&gt;When a novel like Huckleberry Finn, or The Yearling, comes along it defies customary adjectives because of the intensity of the response it evokes in the reader. Such a book, we submit, is &lt;i&gt;Old Yeller;&lt;/i&gt; to read this eloquently simple story of a boy and his dog in the Texas hill country is an unforgettable and deeply moving experience.&lt;/P&gt;</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">1942</original_publication_year>
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      <name><![CDATA[Fred Gipson]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this book because I love dogs and I'm a masochist. And, yes, I cried at the end. ]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a very good and really sad book i was crying at the end. It is about a boy named Travis living with his siter, alice and mom.Travis always wanted a horse to ride on but everytime the dad said, &quot; when you are a man,&quot;.The dog came to the house one time and ate the meat they hunted fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48073869">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Thu Jan 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[As the inagural book for the Georgics class that I'm taking from LEMI this semester, Old Yeller was perfect.  This book covered so many of the topics and themes of Georgics, I was surprised.  <br/><br/>This book talked a lot about the cycle of birth/death.  This cycle is almost foreign to us anymo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42423167">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Travis Coates is a 14-year-old boy, left alone to protect his mother and younger brother on his family's 19th-century Texas homestead.  When his father goes on a trip leaving him to &quot;act a man's part,&quot; he throws himself into his new responsibilities.  But the challenges of feeding and prot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63620960">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <date_added>Mon Jun 15 06:11:17 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Jun 15 06:11:17 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't remember ever hearing or reading the book as a child, but I remember that we watched the movie in school.  So now, as a teacher, I wanted my students to know that a good story does not always have a happy ending.  I read the book and found that it was so much better than the movie (and notic...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59716286">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Oct 25 13:00:35 -0700 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the first book that ever made me cry. I would read it during my study period in the 4th grade each day for almost 2 weeks (it was my class copy-- so I had to keep putting it back and hoping no one else would take it). I held my tears back until the lunch bell rang and then ran for the bathro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/8240453">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="72881435">
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  <read_at>Mon Sep 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Even though this is generally considered a book for young people, I recently read it for the first time (I am a grandmother).  The Walt Disney movie from the early 1960's really didnt' do justice to the whole story.  Not only is there the wonderful, but sad story of the family's dog, but a great ins...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72881435">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18285555">
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  <read_at>Mon Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[We just finished Old Yeller last night and I didn't think it was as happy or as sad as I expected.  Its a nice story but didn't capture my 8 year olds imagination like Summer of the Monkeys did.  ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I HATED the ending. I mean, I knew what was going to happen, but how it happened made me cry. I don't think I could've handled that if I were Travis.]]></body>
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  <read_at>Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[this is a very good book. the author really knew what he was doing. it is also the saddest book ive ever read.]]></body>
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    <review id="52803350">
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 1978</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was a hard book for me to understand when I was little because it dealt with loss.  As I got older, into my pre-teens, I had seen the movie and cried.  As an adult, I've been in classrooms where they read it aloud to fourth graders to express old text.  Some of the dialogue, which is why o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52803350">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="26919111">
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved it.<br/>But I didn't think it was as sad as everyone said it was going to be.]]></body>
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    <review id="44127690">
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    <body><![CDATA[YOYA Code: 5Q 4P <br/><br/><strong>A) Pre-Reading/Anticipatory Thoughts</strong> <br/>As I am familiar with the plot of Old Yeller, I have never read it, nor have I seen the adaptation.  I plan to read and view the adaptation to see the differences and similarities.  I know the story is about a young boy who has ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/44127690">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="20606434">
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    <name><![CDATA[✿Mattie✿Mosspelt✿]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I liked the movie better than the book .But, the book was ok.]]></body>
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    <review id="71135312">
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  <date_added>Sun Sep 13 21:34:33 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 13 21:51:42 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought this book was very heartwarming. One of my favorite characters was Travis' brother, because he was really funny. One of my favorite parts of this book was when the wild hogs attacked Travis and Old Yeller. I thought it was really nice of Travis to go back and save Old Yeller.There was anot...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71135312">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="32910793">
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    <body><![CDATA[ I’m going to tell you about my book it’s called Old Yeller<br/>Its about this kid get a relationship with his first dog he saves his grandpa some kind of animal.  His first dog dies in the story his papa suggested to get a new dog but Travis does not want a another dog he wants a horse .then h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32910793">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55545999">
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    <body><![CDATA[Speaking as a 47-year-old male bookworm, this beautiful story is unquestionably for all ages. The relationship that develops between the fourteen-year-old Travis and Yeller in postbellum Texas, as well as the demands of a young man having to take on adult responsibilities is conveyed in a elegantly ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55545999">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I learned about this book a really sad story.A boy finds a dog and couldnt take care of it but soon he started to hunt with him and he sees with his eyes how much he was starting to love him.But when old yeller gets in danger to die because a wolf bit him the boy suffers from pain and hurt inside hi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/52547329">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is by far the worst book I ever read in my entire life. It is about this guy and his family who live on a farm I think. In the end they just kill the dog off and call this story a classic. The only reason I read it was because I had to. I gave one star because I could not give it zero.]]></body>
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    <name><![CDATA[Sarah]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I often read this book aloud to my third graders.  I find that Gipson does an excellent job of foreshadowing and the children become absorbed after the second paragraph of the novel gives away that Travis will ultimately have to shoot the dog.  We often watch the movie in &quot;episodes&quot; at the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32730727">more...</a>]]></body>
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