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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: castle007 on April 08, 2009, 02:27:53 PM

Title: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: castle007 on April 08, 2009, 02:27:53 PM
I am trying to figure out the name of a novel that I read a long time ago.

The story is set in the U.S. during the 1800s ( I guess). The story centers around a teenager and a deer. He finds the deer in the woods, and he raises it in his father's barn. His dad puts up with the deer for a long time, until the deer ends up eating all their crops and destroying the field and as a result the family doesn't have a source of income anymore.

The boy tries to get rid of the deer, but it keeps coming back. His dad finally decides that he wants to kill the deer, but the boy ends up shooting the deer instead because he feels that he is responsible for the mess. The boy then runs away from his parents for a couple weeks, but then he comes back at the end.

It is a very touching novel. (but you won't get that from my description lol)

Does anyone know what it is called?
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: Eric P on April 08, 2009, 02:29:03 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yearling

is that it?
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: Eric P on April 08, 2009, 02:33:18 PM
i never read it, but it was always prominently featured in my school libraries.  i recognized the kid holding the deer and it immediately leapt to mind.

my gf is reading Go Tell it to the Mountain and I laughed mistaking it for My Side of the Mountain...  that got me in trouble.
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: Phoenix Dark on April 08, 2009, 02:34:46 PM
 :'(
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: TVC15 on April 08, 2009, 02:35:59 PM
The Yearling blows.  Man up and read Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret.
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: Eric P on April 08, 2009, 02:38:37 PM
Quote from: TVC 15 on April 08, 2009, 02:35:59 PM
The Yearling blows.  Man up and read Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret.

speaking of manning up, TWISTED TALES FOR SICK PUPPIES sounds like it would be right up your alley

Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: Mupepe on April 08, 2009, 02:43:00 PM
Evilbore reads Where the Red Fern Grows
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: Eric P on April 08, 2009, 02:45:06 PM
Quote from: Rob Thomas on April 08, 2009, 02:43:00 PM
Evilbore reads Where the Red Fern Grows

shit, where he kills those kids for fucking with his dog... that was some brutal shit.

but the end.  is totally  :'(

how about bridge to terabithia, you're stuck in the friend zone with quirky indie girl and then she dies
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: Phoenix Dark on April 08, 2009, 02:45:37 PM
M. C. Higgins, the Great  :'(
Tuck Everlasting  :'(  :'(
The Great Gilly Hopkins  :'( :'(  :'(
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: Tauntaun on April 08, 2009, 02:46:59 PM
Quote from: Eric P on April 08, 2009, 02:33:18 PM
i never read it, but it was always prominently featured in my school libraries.  i recognized the kid holding the deer and it immediately leapt to mind.

my gf is reading Go Tell it to the Mountain and I laughed mistaking it for My Side of the Mountain...  that got me in trouble.

nerd   :P
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: fistfulofmetal on April 08, 2009, 02:47:32 PM
well thanks for spoiling the entire book you cunt
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: Eric P on April 08, 2009, 02:48:06 PM
Quote from: Tauntaun on April 08, 2009, 02:46:59 PM
Quote from: Eric P on April 08, 2009, 02:33:18 PM
i never read it, but it was always prominently featured in my school libraries.  i recognized the kid holding the deer and it immediately leapt to mind.

my gf is reading Go Tell it to the Mountain and I laughed mistaking it for My Side of the Mountain...  that got me in trouble.

nerd   :P

yeah.  you have no idea.
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: Tauntaun on April 08, 2009, 02:49:49 PM
Quote from: Eric P on April 08, 2009, 02:48:06 PM
Quote from: Tauntaun on April 08, 2009, 02:46:59 PM
Quote from: Eric P on April 08, 2009, 02:33:18 PM
i never read it, but it was always prominently featured in my school libraries.  i recognized the kid holding the deer and it immediately leapt to mind.

my gf is reading Go Tell it to the Mountain and I laughed mistaking it for My Side of the Mountain...  that got me in trouble.

nerd   :P

yeah.  you have no idea.

Some people find it attractive though.   :-*  You ever read a book while taking it in the rear?  /no homo

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Still,

:tauntaun
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Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: Mupepe on April 08, 2009, 02:51:08 PM
Quote from: Eric P on April 08, 2009, 02:45:06 PM
Quote from: Rob Thomas on April 08, 2009, 02:43:00 PM
Evilbore reads Where the Red Fern Grows

shit, where he kills those kids for fucking with his dog... that was some brutal shit.

but the end.  is totally  :'(

how about bridge to terabithia, you're stuck in the friend zone with quirky indie girl and then she dies
Never read Bridge to Terabithia.  At least his friend zone situation was apparently cleared up without any BS though.  Usually drama is involved.

How about The Cay?  Magical Negro and important lessons learned.
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: Eric P on April 08, 2009, 02:57:35 PM
i avoided the magical negro section of my library.

most of what i read was children's genre fiction stuff.  like Belliars, Alexander, Dahl and the like with the occasional Hardy Boys
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: castle007 on April 08, 2009, 03:02:33 PM
Quote from: Eric P on April 08, 2009, 02:29:03 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yearling

is that it?

Wow, thank you thank you so much!!!  :)

I had no idea that it won the Pulitzer price, and I am not surprised. It is a great novel.
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on April 08, 2009, 03:03:23 PM
Quote from: Eric P on April 08, 2009, 02:45:06 PM
Quote from: Rob Thomas on April 08, 2009, 02:43:00 PM
Evilbore reads Where the Red Fern Grows
how about bridge to terabithia, you're stuck in the friend zone with quirky indie girl and then she dies

put it on the cover
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: Tauntaun on April 08, 2009, 03:28:50 PM
Quote from: Rob Thomas on April 08, 2009, 02:51:08 PM
Never read Bridge to Terabithia.  At least his friend zone situation was apparently cleared up without any BS though.  Usually drama is involved.

How about The Cay?  Magical Negro and important lessons learned.

I think we had to read that in MS.
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: Joe Molotov on April 08, 2009, 05:44:54 PM
Quote from: Eric P on April 08, 2009, 02:45:06 PM
Quote from: Rob Thomas on April 08, 2009, 02:43:00 PM
Evilbore reads Where the Red Fern Grows

shit, where he kills those kids for fucking with his dog... that was some brutal shit.

but the end.  is totally  :'(

how about bridge to terabithia, you're stuck in the friend zone with quirky indie girl and then she dies

Don't forget that she died from grief because you were hooking up with your teacher.  :hump
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: clothedmacuser on April 09, 2009, 04:17:02 AM
Quote from: Eric P on April 08, 2009, 02:33:18 PM
i never read it, but it was always prominently featured in my school libraries.  i recognized the kid holding the deer and it immediately leapt to mind.

my gf is reading Go Tell it to the Mountain and I laughed mistaking it for My Side of the Mountain...  that got me in trouble.


Until I was 23 I thought The Prince by Machiavelli and The Little Prince, the story of a kid who lives on a asteroid with his pet flower, were the same book.  The fable setting of a lone individual on a barren planet made sense as the setting for a parable about how to be the grandest asshole of all.  When people would mention how The Little Prince was their favorite book I wondered what sort of abusive childhood they must have led.
Title: Re: Help me in finding this novel please!!
Post by: Kestastrophe on April 09, 2009, 08:32:07 AM
Quote from: Rob Thomas on April 08, 2009, 02:51:08 PM
How about The Cay?  Magical Negro and important lessons learned.
I also remember reading The Pearl around the same time. Bringing back some 14 year old memories itt  :-[