jean craighead george my side of the mountain trilogy

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. Young Sam Gribley gets to the end of the block and keeps going-all the way to the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. George has no doubt shaped generations of young readers with her outdoor adventures of the mind and spirit.Every kid thinks about running away at one point or another few get farther than the end of the block. 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. 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. No reader will be immune to the compulsion to go right out and start whittling fishhooks and befriending raccoons.

But his desire for freedom, independence, and adventure is stronger. Blizzards, hunters, loneliness, and fear all battle to drive Sam back to city life. In a spellbinding, touching, funny account, Sam learns to live off the land, and grows up a little in the process.

It took Jean 40 years to complete the trilogy, and it was well worth the wait.Įvery kid thinks about running away at one point or another few get farther than the end of the block. But no matter what your age, you owe it to yourself, and to your children, to sit down and share this tremendous story with them. His adventures, and the lessons he learns as he grows to be a young man, have captured the hearts of generations of children. The book itself is the first of the 'My Side of the Mountain' trilogy, and introduces the wonderful character of Sam Gribley, a young boy from New York City who runs away to the Catskill mountains, to live on the land owned by his family. So, imagine my surprise when for my birthday last year my girlfriend presented me with an autographed and inscribed copy of all three of the books in this series! She remembered what I told her about the book, located the author, explained my history with the book, and the author sent me a new copy, autographed and including a note thanking me for being so devoted to the book. Unfortunately, I lost my copy in a fire about ten years ago. This was my favorite book from childhood, and one which I later read to my own children.

Jean craighead george my side of the mountain trilogy