false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169750417m/41668.jpg 41668 4 Asked why the writing of the My Side of the Mountain trilogy took Jean Craighead George more than 40 years, she responds, "My mother disapproved of sequels. 'Those are trashy books,' she told me when I was a child. So I grew up and did not write them.<p> "But kids are wiser than adults, I learned. Letters kept arriving from schools and homes, saying, 'We want to know more about Sam, Frightful, and the wilderness.' 'Sequels,' they said, 'are important.' They were right."<p> Now, all three of George's remarkable novels about the wilderness adventures of young Sam Gribley and his falcon, Frightful, are available in one handsome volume. In <I>My Side of the Mountain</I>, a Newbery Honor Book, Sam leaves home to fend for himself in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. For a year he lives in a hollowed-out tree, befriending animals and depending on his wits for survival. In the sequel, <I>On the Far Side of the Mountain</I>, Sam's sister has now joined him, and his falcon is confiscated by a conservation officer. <I>Frightful's Mountain</I> is an interesting departure for George. Written from the perspective of Frightful the falcon, the concluding novel in the trilogy follows her efforts to learn to depend on her own instincts in a world crawling with dangers.<p> Jean Craighead George is the beloved author of more than 80 books, including the Newbery Medal winner, <I>Julie of the Wolves</I>. (Ages 9 and older) <I>--Emilie Coulter</I> 241767 1997 My Side of the Mountain Trilogy total:810|5:298|4:276|3:175|2:41|1:20| 810 3221 956 135 4 2 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 19:17:03 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 19:19:11 -0800 2009 4 1 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 09:31:02 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 11:14:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 09:11:48 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 07 09:21:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Tue Sep 16 06:32:45 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 16 06:34:41 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Sat May 09 22:32:42 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 22:32:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false true Fri Aug 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 14 14:42:26 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 14:45:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu May 28 12:15:31 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 12:46:43 -0700 2009 1
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