ARGONAUT BOOKS

When Jody Baxter's father has to orphan a fawn in order to survive, Jody adopts it. He and Flag become inseparable, and have many adventures together, but when Flag eats half the family's field of corn, the Baxters face a winter of starvation. Reviews A genuine classic . . . The Yearling is a magnificent, transparent, slow-moving river. Its style is direct and free of fireworks . . . The Yearling expresses both danger and beauty . . . The novel's power is subtle, accumulating with every description of the natural world, until the book's rhythms become almost transcen...Read More