When a novel like Huckleberry Finn, or The Yearling, comes along it defies customary adjectives because of the intensity of the respouse it evokes in the reader. Such a book, we submit, is Old Yeller; to read this eloquently simple story of a boy and his dog in the Texas hill country is an unforgettable and deeply moving experience.

• Where the Red Fern Grows
• Island of the Blue Dolphins
• The Incredible Journey
• White Fang (Dover Thrift Editions)
• Summer of the Monkeys