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If there was a holy trinity of [[Anvilicious]] [[Death By Newbery Medal]] children's ''literature,'' it would be ''[[Bridge to Terabithia]],'' ''[[Where the Red Fern Grows]],'' and... this book. ▼
| title = Stone Fox
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| author = John Reynolds Gardiner
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| elevator pitch = Little Willy enters a dog sled race - if he wins, he can pay the unpaid taxes on his grandfather's farm.
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| publication date = 1980
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▲If there was a holy trinity of [[Anvilicious]] [[Death
Little Willy and his dog Searchlight live in Wyoming, and Little Willy's grandfather, though otherwise perfectly healthy, has come down with a bad case of losing-his-will-to-live. The reason? He owes the state $500 in taxes, and they're threatening to take away his farm. So Little Willy and Searchlight, despite having absolutely no training, decide to sign up for a sled dog race with $500 dollars as the prize money. Their main competitor is Stone Fox, [[Magical Native American|a Native American man who never ever talks to white people and has never lost a race with his trusty Samoyeds.]] Little Willy and Searchlight place all their hopes of saving Grandpa's farm on the race!
[[Deus Angst Machina|Searchlight dies of a heart attack just before Willy crosses the finish line.]] [[What the Hell, Hero?|Then Stone Fox pulls his gun on the rest of the racers and threatens to shoot them]] [[No Fair Cheating|if any of them cross the finish line before Little Willy finishes carrying Searchlight's body across.]]
As the description suggests, this short novel (written in 1980 by John Reynolds Gardiner) is very much one of ''[[Death
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▲* [[Death By Newbery Medal]]
* [[I Am Not Shazam]]: Those who haven't read the book in a while tend to remember Stone Fox as being the name of the ''dog.'' No, she's Searchlight. Stone Fox is [[The Rival]].
* [[Instant Expert]]: Searchlight, despite having no training, instantly takes the lead in the sled dog race. Also despite, you know, being only one dog. She's only pulling a kid, but still...
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* [[Kid Hero]]: Little Willy certainly wants to be one, at least for his grandfather.
* [[Magical Native American]]: The Stone Fox of the title.
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* [[The Rival]]: Stone Fox, again.
* [[Saving the Orphanage]]: "Save The Farm" sub-variant.
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