Two years ago, Sam ran away from New York City to live in the Catskill Mountains. Now his younger sister Alice has joined him and is quietly living...
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May 23, 2011
NicoleMichele
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I was upset about parents leaving their 13 yr. old daughter and 15 yr. old son alone in the woods to basically raise themselves. Once I managed to put this prejudice aside, I was confused as to where the story was going. Is the whole thing going to be about Sam trying to catch up with his sister Alice and just end there? I was pleasantly surprised when it all started coming together. There was a great reveal near the end and you finally learn why Alice really went off on her own. The ending
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Aug 21, 2011
Paradoxical
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Hm. On the Far Side of the Mountain continues Sam's adventures from the first book, only with an added sister named Alice who is an interesting character, to say the least. At first it seemed as if the book was messy in direction--first there was the confiscation of Frightful, and suddenly the book switches gears to Alice heading off by herself with a pet pig (yes, a pet pig), and Sam's subsequent tracking down of Alice.
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Jul 14, 2011
Allison
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Oh, I loved this book - really. I have spent time in the mountains and time in rural areas and miss it a great deal now that I live in a metropolitan area. I fantasize about living in a similar way that Sam and Alice live in this book. It is a sequel to My Side of the Mountain and now I want to read it as well. The author also wrote Julie of the Wolves which I loved as a child.
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This is a great story of determination and about the appreciation and conservation of nature. The narrative d More...
Dec 30, 2009
Heather
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I recently discovered books two and three of this trilogy. I loved the first book when I read it as a pre-teen and have enjoyed it several times since. I was delighted to step back into Sam and Frightful's world with this book. Again, the natural lore is smoothly interwoven into the story of Sam's adventures in the wild. This time his sister is with him and she is a delightful character. I don't feel that this second book is as strong as the first. Perhaps because I'm not experiencing it through
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Oct 08, 2009
Camille
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I've been a fan of My Side of the Mountain from the first time I read it. This sequel, however, lacked the charm and excitement of the first book. The story line wasn't engaging. Most of he book is about how Sam tracks his sister and her pet pig (no kidding!) through the forest. If I hadn't have wanted to know what happened to Frightful (who disappears in the first chapter)I probably wouldn't have finished this book. I've marked the third book in this series as "To Read" and hope that
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Jan 16, 2010
Haley
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Sam Gribley's wish to live off the land and his joy in the solitude of the Catskill Mountains is interrupted when his little sister, Alice, stays with him after his family visits during the summer. Sam's world is turned upside-down even more when a man who claims to be a government official confiscates his falcon and hunting partner, Frightful. Before long, Alice also disappears, leaving strange markers which point out her trail. Sam has to find Alice and in doing so, discovers strange informat
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Dec 01, 2007
Deidra
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Written and illustrated by Jean Craighead George. Published by Dutton Children's books, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group, copyright 1990.
Grade level: 4th
This is the second book of the series from "My sie of the Mountain." In this story, Sam Gribley is still living on his own in the wild along with his falcon, Firghtful, and his young sister Alice. Sam's calm life is interrupted when his sister goes missing and his falcon is taken away by a conservat More...
Grade level: 4th
This is the second book of the series from "My sie of the Mountain." In this story, Sam Gribley is still living on his own in the wild along with his falcon, Firghtful, and his young sister Alice. Sam's calm life is interrupted when his sister goes missing and his falcon is taken away by a conservat More...
Jan 11, 2009
Heather
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Just as much fun as the first book in the series. Sam has to deal with two crises- his falcon, Frightful, is confiscated by a game warden, and his sister, Alice, takes an unexpected journey away from the mountain. As Sam's tracking of Alice becomes a game of source, the loss of Frightful becomes more serious than he'd feared. The style is certainly a product of its time, but it's engaging to read about the ways that Sam and Alice live with and in the mountains.
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Mar 09, 2009
Tiffany
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I liked this one a bit more than the first book in the series. I still didn't care much for the survival skills information, but I thought the adventure aspect of the story was more enjoyable than what was in My Side of the Mountain. Overall, it's not one of my favorites, but I don't regret the time taken to read it.
Apr 07, 2011
Kim
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Really good book because it has a puzzle in it which needs to be solved. I wish now I had taken a wilderness survival course and learned how to do all the things these kids do. Amazing. Also love Gary Paulsen who writes similar stories, but this book is almost a blend of Blue Balliet and Paulsen. She's such an interesting author, would love to write stories along the same lines.
Nov 24, 2010
Charles
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It took me 27 years to read the sequel to my favorite book, "My side of the mountain", by Jean Craighead George. These are dangerous books, but I believe they let kids runaway without leaving home. This was published in 1990 which is why I took so long to find it. I may have read it before, as I recognized one paragraph. Has that ever happened to you?
Jan 12, 2012
Simon
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This was a really good intersting adventure outdoors book. I liked it a lot better than the first book, "My Side of the Mountain". Sam lives in the wilderness and built everthing himself, furniture and his house, and in this book Sam's sister, Alice, comes to live with him. Alice built a tree house to live in and builds furniture, but then she ran away. She really likes waterfalls, could she be headed for one? Meanwill Sam's falcon get confiscated. Will Sam find Alice and his falcon or
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Apr 05, 2010
Marianna
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My children love these books, and I love the sense of adventure and the message of self-reliance. However, I must admit that I find them a bit tedious at times in the description of how the various wild greens are found and prepared etc. I give it a 4-star simply because my children do like them so much.
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Oct 16, 2011
I thought that this book was really well written and that it had a lot of suspense. Also I like how when frightful came back to Sam, that Sam let frightful be free and he let her be a wild bird. Also I like how the author used a lot of details.
Oct 05, 2011
MkB
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The first book holds up as well as my memory of it (also, Jean George came to my elementary school and was really nice and interesting and I'm incredibly biased here). The second not so much, but it's an enjoyable enough and very quick read.
Apr 10, 2009
Tessie
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This book is not as good as the first book in the series, because it's not about Sam figuring everything out, it's more his adventure to find his sister and get Frightful. This book is really good to and I think you should read it.
Apr 20, 2011
Jill
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A little more adventurous than the first one, and lots of fun too, Sadly, it's predictable. I don't think a kid would mind that, though. I'm not sure it would be too predictable to a kid.
Jun 11, 2009
Ms.
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This book is about a boy name sam who lives in the woods with his sister Alice then one day alice runs away see what happens to her if only you read it! it is an amazing book you want to read!
Apr 13, 2009
Christy
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This was an interesting follow-up to My Side of the Mountain. I ddn't think that it was as engaging as the first book, but still entertaining. It's also a little sad (not tragic, but a little sad).
Apr 05, 2010
Lacey
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I didn't like this book as well as the first in the series, "My Side of the Mountain", but we still had fun reading it. Sam still lives in the forest, but his beloved falcon has been confiscated and his sister, Alice, (who now lives in the forest with him) leads him on hunt to find her. The whole book is about Sam's journey to find his bird and his sister.
Mar 02, 2009
Trevor
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"On the Far Side of the Mountain" was a decent book. The first book "My side of the Mountain" was better. Frightful is a great bird is very good at fishing. I like this book.
Jul 12, 2010
Alisa
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Love these books but this one was very different in nature than the first. This one is more of a mystery. We still loved hearing about his adventures while living in the woods.
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Apr 12, 2009
Anna
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It was extremely good! This book actually had a plot...which the first book didn't. It was about how his sister alice who was living with him out in the woods ran away and he and his friend bando had to go and find her.
May 22, 2010
Joy
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Level: V
The sequel to My Side of the Mountain, his father and sister have joined him in the forest but things are changing.
The sequel to My Side of the Mountain, his father and sister have joined him in the forest but things are changing.
Sep 16, 2009
Terrah
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I so enjoyed the first book, both recently and when I was growing up. This one was disappointing. I don't think I need to read the third.
Apr 04, 2009
Emily
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This book is so cool. I am addicted to Jean Craighead George; I have been since the first time I read My Side of the Mountain.
Feb 09, 2009
Maia
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a good sequel to my side of the mountain. a book about survival on a mountain with a sister who runs away.
Sep 18, 2009
Melissa
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So far a really interesting series by Jean Craighead George. I can't wait to read the 3rd book in the triology, Frightful's Mountain. I need to finish some other books first;)
May 07, 2009
Sam
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I thought that Sam's sister was going to get Frightfull back, but she did something else.
Mar 22, 2011
Jana
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It was one of the best books ever. It is adventurous.
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