Billy hunts with his dogs every night. The price of coonskin goes up because of the demand in the New England states so Billy gets to hunt all he wants. He sells the skins at his grandfathers store and gives his dad the money. The coons start tricking Billy's dogs while they're hunting which puts them into danger. Especially in the winter months. The coons do tricks in the snow which eventually led Little Ann to fall into the river and almost die. Billy fished her out using a long stick and his lantern handle.
The Pritchard boys are rotten kids who dared Billy to come hunt the "ghost hound" on their property. It is a coon that has evaded every hound that has ever tried hunting it. When Billy goes, his hounds actually tree it. Billy decides he doesn't want to kill it because he thinks it is impressive, but then one of the boys gets their hound Old Blue. He wants to kill the coon. Billy wrestles him and then one of the other boys shouts because Old Dan and Little Ann are fighting Old Blue and winning. The boy Billy is wrestling hops up with an ax in hand and heads for Billys dogs to kill them. Billy runs after him but the boy trips on a root. When Billy looks back after getting his dogs off Old Blue, the boy is dead. He fell on his ax. If I was in this book, I would definitely be friends with Billy. Everyone else around him seems like asses. I think Billy has really good qualities as a person and he gets a really rough time. He could use some friends that aren't his family members. The kids who live around him are trouble makers and are really rude. The Pritchard boys are the people that I would have a really hard time getting along with. They act like the entitled kids in town but they're also hilbillies like Billy. I will comment on Matthew Mau and Sam Gressitt's blog.
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Sam Gressitt
3/6/2018 11:04:17 am
I like how your connecting to the characters and how you talk about the difference between the other characters comparing them to Billy. This book sounds very interesting and it sounds like you are interested in it.
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