My side of the mountain

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Title:

My side of the mountain

Author:

George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012, author.

Series:

My side of the mountain ;

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Summary:

A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.

General Note:

"A Puffin book."

Edition:

Puffin Modern Classics ed.

Contents:

Authors preface -- I hole up in a snowstorm -- I get started on this venture -- I find Gribley's farm -- I find many useful plants -- Old, old tree -- I meet one of my own kind and have a terrible time getting away -- King's provider -- What I did about the first man who was after me -- I learn to season my food -- How a door came to me -- Frightful learns her ABC's -- I find a real live man -- Autumn provides food and loneliness -- We all learn about Halloween -- I find out what to do with hunters -- Trouble begins -- I pile up wood and go on with winter -- I learn about birds and people -- I have a good look and the beginning of my story's end -- I cooperate with the ending -- City comes to me.

Physical Description:

177 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.2 6.0 64.

Subject Term:

Survival -- Juvenile fiction.

Self-reliance -- Juvenile fiction.

Mountain life -- Juvenile fiction.

Publisher:

Puffin Books,

Publication Date:

2004

ISBN:

9780142401118

Publication Information:

New York : Puffin Books, 2004.

Award Note:

Newbery Honor book, 1960.

Call Number:

M GEORGE

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Summary

Terribly unhappy in his family's crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the solitude-and danger-of the mountains, where he finds a side of himself he never knew.

Author Notes

Jean Craighead George was born on July 2, 1919 in Washington, D.C. She received degrees in English and science from Pennsylvania State University. She began her career as a reporter for the International News Service. In the 1940s she was a member of the White House press corps for The Washington Post.

During her lifetime, she wrote over 100 novels including My Side of the Mountain, which was a 1960 Newbery Honor Book, On the Far Side of the Mountain, Julie of the Wolves, which won the Newbery Medal, Julie, and Julie's Wolf Pack. She also wrote two guides to cooking with wild foods and an autobiography entitled Journey Inward. In 1991, she became the first winner of the School Library Media Section of the New York Library Association's Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature. She died on May 15, 2012 at the age of 92.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Author's Preface	p. xi
I Hole Up in a Snowstorm	p. 3
I Get Started on This Venture	p. 9
I Find Gribley's Farm	p. 20
I Find Many Useful Plants	p. 25
The Old, Old Tree	p. 28
I Meet One of My Own Kind and Have a Terrible Time Getting Away	p. 35
The King's Provider	p. 41
What I Did About the First Man Who Was After Me	p. 46
I Learn to Season My Food	p. 50
How a Door Came to Me	p. 54
Frightful Learns Her ABC's	p. 58
I Find a Real Live Man	p. 68
The Autumn Provides Food and Loneliness	p. 85
We All Learn About Halloween	p. 93
I Find Out What to Do with Hunters	p. 101
Trouble Begins	p. 107
I Pile Up Wood and Go on with Winter	p. 112
I Learn About Birds and People	p. 116
I Have a Good Look at Winter and Find Spring in the Snow	p. 131
The Spring in the Winter and the Beginning of My Story's End	p. 148
I Cooperate with the Ending	p. 161
The City Comes to Me	p. 172

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