My Side Of The Mountain
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My Side of the Mountain: Living Alone in the Woods
This book was written for all those children who dream about what it would be like to run away, who believe that it is possible to make it on their own in the wild.
With confidence in himself and strength of will he lives for an entire year alone in the woods, the dream of most teens.
My Side Of The Mountain
My sister and I tried out many of the techniques that Sam Gribley mentions in My Side of the Mountain. I remember trying to make a rabbit snare. We spent hours and days trying to find a path in the grass where rabbits run. When we couldn't find that we decided to just try making the snare in preparation for the day that we found the rabbit run.
Time went on. We tried out many of Sam's ideas. We learned a lot about the woods and fields near our home. We never actually stayed out over night. When we were tired, home always seemed the best place to find a bed and hot food but we always knew that someday we could run away like Sam Gribley in My Side of the Mountain.
My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics)
Amazon Price: $3.57 (as of 02/18/2012)
“Sam must rely on his ingenuity and the resources of the great outdoors to survive.”
Experience the Dream of Surviving in the Wild
Do you have the skills to successfully run away? Could you make it on your own?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byYes, I am very comfident in my survival skills.
Partay Animal says:
Party rockin in da house to nite!
Posted February 17, 2012
cutiepie says:
i <3 this book
Posted February 06, 2012
... says:
im in the country and have successfully trapped atleast 50 animals in my own traps on my land. you never see anything running around on the ground so every picture I've ever taken is a wonder to the boys back home!
Posted October 16, 2011
Annais says:
Of Course Ive Done It All
Posted October 13, 2011
Kayden says:
no never i dont have the guts
Posted February 15, 2011
It's doubtful!, I guess I will have to run away in wonderful books like My Side of the Mountain.
I says:
Well, I guess I would have to see.
Posted February 17, 2012
weirdo 915 says:
im weired
Posted February 06, 2012
Linny says:
Probably not. If you think about it, it's not easy to catch prey. Look at how fast little sparrows flit away at the very presence of you. The easiest and most plentiful food: something so hard to get.
Posted April 23, 2011
.. says:
no, not in my lifetime...
Posted March 10, 2011
How would you rate My Side of the Mountain?
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Alone on the mountain, Sam learns about courage, danger, and the true meaning of companionship, and he captures it all in his journal.
It's Time to Reconnect with Nature
Join Sam Gribley in the Woods
Peregrine Falcon
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While reading about Sam Gribley and his experiences living in the woods you many start to feel the urge to get to know nature, hiking, fishing and camping the way Sam did. These are my recommendations for wintertime reading while preparing for a summer in the woods.
Reconnecting with My Side of the Mountain
- Post Magazine: Recreating 'My Side of the Mountain' - washingtonpost.com
- Author Jean Craighead George helped kids discover nature with her celebrated young adult novel "My Side of the Mountain," in which Sam Gribley runs away to live in the woods. In the year of its 50th anniversary, reporter Steve Hendrix sought to recreate Sam's experience with a trip to the
Jean Craighead George's official site
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- Jean Craighead George's official site
Jean Craighead George was born in a family of naturalists. Her father, mother, brothers, aunts and uncles were students of nature. On weekends they camped in the woods near their Washington, D.C. home, climbed trees to study owls, gathered edible plants and made fish hooks from twigs. Her first pet was a turkey vulture. In third grade she began writing and hasn't stopped yet. She has written over 100 books.
More books by Jean Craighead George
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My Side of the Mountain Trilogy (My Side of the Mountain / On the Far Side of the Mountain / Frightful's Mountain) 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. The two books that followed--On the Far Side of the Mountain and Frightful's Mountain--were equally extraordinary. Now all three books are available in one deluxe yet affordable volume for vetera...0 points
My Side of the Mountain (Puffin Modern Classics) by Jean Craighead George
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.0 points
On the Far Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
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 in a tree house of her own nearby. Their peaceful life is shattered when a conservation officer confiscates Sam's falcon, Frightful, and Alice suddenly vanishes. Sam leaves his home to search for Alice, hoping to find Frightful, too. But the trail to the far side of the mountain may lead Sam into great danger."Surpasses t...0 points
What's the buzz about My Side Of The Mountain?
- Single question decides winner
- A moderator had described a scene from ?My Side of the Mountain? and asked for the book's title and the author's name. The first annual Lompoc Unified School District Battle of the Books brought together 96 students representing all nine LUSD ...
- Program supplying Lorenzo's oil to X-ALD patients faces funding crisis
- Homework: 20 minutes today of reading ?My Side of the Mountain.? But in the middle of his routine, the third-grader will drink 15 milliliters of the 44 milliliters he takes every day of Lorenzo's oil ? a substance made famous 20 years ago by the Nick ...
- Hawk on the lam: Trained falcon Mr. Jinx is loose, frequenting birdfeeders in ...
- The 54-year-old Dover Point resident said he fell in love with the idea of falconry when he was just 12 years old and read the book "My Side of the Mountain," a story of a boy who trains a baby falcon to help him hunt in the mountains.
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CastleRoy
Sep 27, 2010 @ 6:27 am | delete
- I think myself a survivalist and could handle most things but as far as safety from wild animals and such nope Ii think this sounds like a wonderful book especially for our younger and a wonderful lens
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Wednesday_Elf
May 2, 2010 @ 1:21 pm | delete
- I'm sure I couldn't 'survive' a week alone in the woods, much less a year, but this looks like a delightful book for youngsters -- like you and your sister -- to 'try out' things and learn about nature without giving up your basic security. An adventure to 'dream' about and imagine -- great things at any age.
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jptanabe
May 2, 2010 @ 1:02 pm | delete
- I remember reading this book when my daughter read it in school. I figured I wasn't quite up to surviving alone, but I really enjoyed learning about how to do it and it seemed like a plus that my daughter read it too (in case she ever needs to survive in the wild)!
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vallain
May 2, 2010 @ 8:11 am | delete
- This book made a big impression on me when I read it. I remember many incidents in the book vividly.
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vallain
May 2, 2010 @ 8:10 am | delete
- This book made a big impression on me when I read it. I remember many incidents in the book vividly.
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WhiteOak50
Feb 13, 2010 @ 6:22 am | delete
- I have not read this book as far as I can remember, but you did a great job with this lens!
What an exciting experience to have a sister to share such wonderful things with. My sisters and I are like night and day. I am a true nature lover and my siblings-well, they are completely different. "Blessed by a SquidAngel"
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Evelyn_Saenz
Feb 13, 2010 @ 3:59 pm | delete
- Thank you so much, SquidAngel. I am sure that you would love reading My Side of the Mountain when you get a chance.
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Groovyoldlady
Nov 7, 2009 @ 5:54 am | delete
- Some lovely woods with many berries and nuts and no blackflies or mosquitoes. ;)
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ElizabethJeanAllen
May 25, 2009 @ 5:18 pm | delete
- Welcome to The Nature and the Outdoors Group
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survivalbob
May 22, 2009 @ 8:41 pm | delete
- i would like to go to the adirondacks or th catskill mountains or somewhere in the appalachians.
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Jimmie
Apr 24, 2009 @ 9:48 pm | delete
- This is one of my all time favorite books and one of the few that I've read more than once. I loved playing in the woods as a child, so this book feed right into my deepest fantasies!
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OhMe
Mar 26, 2009 @ 6:49 am | delete
- Sounds like a wonderful book. Lensrolling to Kate Salley Palmer
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