I remember reading two books by Wilson Rawls in elementary school. One, of course, was Where the Red Fern Grows, which I vividly remember bawling over at the end. The second, Summer of Monkeys, has a much happier ending (and monkeys!) so I was happy to find it recently at a rummage sale and revisit the story, which I last read at least 20 years ago. “Papa,” I asked, “how can you help a wish?” “Oh, there are a lot of ways,” Papa said. “Hard work, faith, patience, […]