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false <![CDATA[My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, Book 1)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169750416m/41667.jpg 41667 32 Every kid thinks about running away at one point or another; few get farther than the end of the block. Young Sam Gribley gets to the end of the block and keeps going--all the way to the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. There he sets up house in a huge hollowed-out tree, with a falcon and a weasel for companions and his wits as his tool for survival. In a spellbinding, touching, funny account, Sam learns to live off the land, and grows up a little in the process. Blizzards, hunters, loneliness, and fear all battle to drive Sam back to city life. But his desire for freedom, independence, and adventure is stronger. No reader will be immune to the compulsion to go right out and start whittling fishhooks and befriending raccoons. Jean Craighead George, author of more than 80 children's books, including the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves, created another prizewinner with My Side of the Mountain--a Newbery Honor Book, an ALA Notable Book, and a Hans Christian Andersen Award Honor Book. Astonishingly, she wrote its sequel, On the Far Side of the Mountain, 30 years later, and a decade after that penned the final book in the trilogy, Frightful's Mountain, told from the falcon's point of view. George has no doubt shaped generations of young readers with her outdoor adventures of the mind and spirit. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter 2682098 book 1959 My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, Book 1) total:5390|5:1779|4:2018|3:1240|2:278|1:75| 5390 21318 6355 554 2 4 false false Wed Jun 27 09:15:43 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 09:26:24 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 6 false false Sat Oct 11 18:57:27 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 11 18:58:57 -0700 2008 1 2 false false Thu Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Dec 16 21:25:37 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 21:26:53 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Nov 20 22:36:42 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 20 22:39:30 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Jan 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 15:27:13 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 08:06:54 -0800 2009 2-2-09
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My Side of the Mountain

The story “My Side of the Mountain” is, of the most part, one of those classic stories about wilderness survival. The main character, Sam Gribley is your average teenage boy who has big dreams and a wild imagination.
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Why do they make so many survival stories for children, and then force us to read them in school?

There are so many other wonderful genres that are not about overcoming the elements and proving to yourself that you can accomplish anything.

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...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 17:54:59 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 17:55:24 -0700 2009 Recently my mother told me about the chapter book that she read to my brother oh so long ago that turned him into a reader: My Side of the Mountain. When I found it at a used book sale, I snatched it up and started it as soon as possible. I read this one aloud to my six year old and my 9 year ...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 06:23:37 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 06:32:28 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Dec 28 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed May 27 10:53:10 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 10:54:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 18:21:57 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 18:35:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 09:59:12 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 10:00:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 23:18:55 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 23:20:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Apr 13 14:49:01 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 14:50:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 02 08:12:02 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 09:54:20 -0800 2009 In this story, i am puzzled why Sam chose the big tree as his home. It made me confused is because i think if a person who lives on the tree, it will be very hard to feel comfortable.
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