by Jean Craighead George
In 1959, Jean Craighead George published My Side of the Mountain. This coming-of-age story about a boy and his falcon went on to win a Newbery Honor, and for the past forty years has enthralled and entertained generations of would-be Sam Gribleys.
Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever.
Softcover, 208 pages.
Puffin Books.
Recommended for readers 8-12 years.
"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review
“An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.”
—The Horn Book