1. Where the Red Fern Grows
Novel study

2. Vocabulary dormant - Lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive
grieve - To mourn or sorrow for; feel sad; be upset
festered - To be or become an increasing source of irritation or poisoning; irritate; make bitter; aggravate

3. provisions - A stock of necessary supplies, especially food; rations; necessities
trance - A soothing, comatose state; dream; daze; stupor; daydream
submerge - To place under water; go under water
sink

4. riffle - A rocky sandbank or sandbar lying just below the surface of a waterway.
limber - Capable of moving, bending, or contorting easily; nimble; flexible
belligerent - Inclined or eager to fight; hostile or aggressive; quarrelsome; spoiling

5. resistance - power or capacity to withstand; fight; battle
foliage - A cluster of leaves; plants; shrubbery
jubilant - joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; triumphant; thrilled; ecstatic; delighted;