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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. There are other contemporary survival/adventure books that I have enjoyed more like Alabama Moon and Hatchet. books (  ) asomers | Nov 2, 2009 |  this wasnt my favorite! (  ) boisvertb | Oct 9, 2009 | I read this book as a child and I remember sort of liking it. I think I mostly just wanted a pet falcon. But, the story is basically a narrative of a young boy who goes off and lives in the woods by himself and figures out how to survive. He makes various woodland friends and tries to keep away from civilization. He makes a few human friends. They visit. Blah blah. The story is fun, the characters are fun – the main character is actually a bit boring and I enjoyed the side characters more (especially Bando) and the descriptions of the processes he went through to live off of the land. But I just find the storyline itself a bit weird and far-fetched and unbelievable, which I guess made it difficult for me to suspend my belief while reading. I think it’s a fun book for children though and it is a young adult/children’s book so it fits its audience. :] (  ) vombatiformes | Aug 12, 2009 | I would recommend this book to any one who likes camping and being in the out doors. (  ) lchs.mrso | May 26, 2009 | IT STINK ( ) popeleskir | May 6, 2009 |  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com (ISBN 0140348107, Paperback)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 (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:02 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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