![]() ![]() Jody names the fawn Flag, and the deer becomes Jody's constant companion. While he is recovering from the snake bite, Penny allows Jody to take in a motherless fawn and raise it as a pet. ![]() On the hunt Penny is bitten by a rattlesnake and nearly dies. When the Baxters' hogs go missing, Penny and Jody venture into the scrub to search for them, suspecting that the Forresters are responsible. ![]() But relations between the Baxters and the Forresters are strained when Penny and Jody intervene in a fight between Lem Forrester and a friend of the family. Jody finds their zest for life and their free and easy ways appealing. In contrast to the quiet, peaceful lives of the Baxters, their nearest neighbors, the Forresters, are loud, argumentative, and prone to being troublemakers. It was the best-selling novel in America in 1938, selling over a quarter of a million copies. It has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, French, Japanese, German, Italian, Russian and 22 other languages. Study The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings with our study guide and lesson plans! Pulitzer Prize Winner 1939, Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, Main selection of the Book of the Month Club in April 1938. ![]()
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