Wilson Rawls does this in Where the Red Fern Grows. Rawls chooses to write in first person which gives you the feeling that the main character, Billy, is telling the story directly to you. He draws you into this story about a boy and his extraordinary love for his dogs by making you feel as if you are right there with Billy. He takes an ordinary event in a child’s life, wanting a pet, and allows the reader to become part of it. He builds the relationship between Billy and his dogs from the time they are puppies, to becoming champion hunters. As the story comes to the climax, with Old Dan and Little Ann protecting Billy from an attack by a cougar, you sense that Old Dan and Little Ann aren’t going to make it. Yet, they have become a part of you and you hope for the best, thinking these loyal best friends can’t be parted. Rawls brings the story full circle when Billy visits the graves of his dogs just as his family is about to move away from the Ozarks, and relates the legend of the red fern planted by angles that signifies a sacred place. As a reader, you are changed by having shared the experience.