Overview: Editorial Review

I knew Old Shep was going to die before I started page one, I said. Dont be ridiculous, Mr Fogelman snapped. How? I shrugged. Because the dog always dies. Go to the library and pick out a book with an award sticker and a dog on the cover. Trust me, that dog is going down. Not true! stormed the teacher. Well, I challenged, what happens to Old Yeller? Oh, all right, he admitted. So Old Yeller died. What about Sounder? piped up Joey Quick. And Bristle Face, added Mike Feather Wrigley, one of my football teammates. Dont forget Where the Red Fern Grows, I put in. The double whammy-two dogs die in that one. Youve made your point, growled Mr. Fogelman. And now Im going to make mine. I expect a proper review. And youre going to give it to me-during detention!