It was my second favorite book I have read. So you should read this book to see if Little Willy wins and pays the taxes or if Stone Fox wins and takes grandfather and Little Willy's potato farm. Little Willy decides to work a lot to get money to pay the taxes, but he can't get enough money so he signs up for a sled dog race because the winner gets $500. The problem in this story is that grandfather needs to pay the taxes and they don't have enough money. In Stone Fox grandfather and Little Willy live on a potato farm. Everyone thinks Stone Fox is really mean and quiet. Stone Fox is a really big indian with beautiful Samoyeds for sled dogs. Grandfather is often playful and he is responsible for Little Willy. Little Willy lives on a potato farm with his grandfather and a dog named Searchlight. Little Willy is a boy who is 10 years old. The main characters are Little Willy, grandfather and Stone Fox. 'A superb piece of storytelling-without doubt the most exciting and moving book this season.I read the book Stone Fox by John Reynolds Gardiner. 'Gardiner's description of the race and sudden climax (based on legend) is fast-paced and enveloping.' - School Library Journal But a lot of other people want to win the race, too, including Stone Fox, who has never lost a race in his life.ĭo Willy and his dog Searchlight stand a chance against the toughest racers around? Can they win the race to save the farm - and Grandfather - before it's too late? Their only hope is the prize money from the National Dogsled Race.

Little Willy's grandfather is sick, and it's up to Willy to save their farm from tax collectors.

Willy and his brave dog Searchlight must face off against experienced racers, including a Native American man named Stone Fox, who has never lost a race.Įxciting and heartwarming, this novel has sold millions of copies and was named a New York Times Outstanding Children's Book. But he isn't the only one who desperately wants to win.

Little Willy is determined to win the National Dogsled Race-the prize money would save the farm and his grandfather. When Grandfather falls ill, he is no longer able to work the farm, which is in danger of foreclosure. John Reynolds Gardiner's classic action-packed adventure story about a thrilling dogsled race has captivated readers for more than thirty years.īased on a Rocky Mountain legend, Stone Fox tells the story of Little Willy, who lives with his grandfather in Wyoming. About the Book Ten-year-old Willy needs to win the big dogsled race in order to pay the back taxes on his grandfather's farm-but that means beating the huge Indian mountain man, Stone Fox.

Stone fox by john reynolds gardiner