Where the Red Fern Grows Word Search Puzzle – Search Characters, Actors and Actresses. Word Search Puzzle Solver. Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming challenges in adventure and tragedy roaming the river bottoms of Cherokee country with his dogs Old Dan and Little Ann. Find out the following actor, actress, character names, and other movie-related words hidden in this word search puzzle based on this movie.. This includes identifying and searching for words that are related to : Jack Ging, Rex Corley, Jill Clark, Bill Dunbar, Bill Thurman, John Lindsey, Lonny Chapman, Jeanna Wilson, James Whitmore, Beverly Garland, Garland McKinney, Stewart Petersen .