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My Side of the Mountain

By: Jean Craighead George
Narrated by: Michael Crouch
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 A NEWBERY HONOR BOOK • OVER 4 MILLION COPIES SOLD • The defining childhood classic about a boy finding his own way in the wilderness—a nostalgic book for readers young and old who have ever wanted to run away from home.

“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
Twelve-year-old Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in his family’s crowded New York City apartment. One day—armed with just a penknife, a ball of red cord, forty dollars, some flint and steel, and the clothes on his back—he decides to run away to his grandfather’s abandoned farm in the Catskill Mountains, to live in the woods all by himself. There, Sam must rely on his own ingenuity and the resources of the great outdoors to survive, as he discovers a side of himself he never knew existed.

Teeming with hope, adventure, and a deep search for identity, My Side of the Mountain is a timeless classic for readers of all ages who have ever wondered what it would be like to live off the land.

American Library Association Notable Book • Hans Christian Andersen Award Honor Book • Lewis Carroll Shelf Award Action & Adventure Animals Animals & Nature Classics Fiction Literature & Fiction Survival Stories Survival Sports
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Beautiful book! originally read this 30 years ago and now listening to it with my kids!

Just listened to this with my kids. we LOVED it!

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I love the character and the narration was very professional and did amazing job story is investing and makes you want more and more

Amazing narration and great story

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I was looking for something different to listen to and I found it in this book. An underage boy leaves home to go live in the forest on his family's abandoned property. He makes a home in a tree and learns to live on the land. He also befriends a falcon who helps him hunt for food. I'm a vegetarian and thought I would be too opposed to the hunting for food aspect, but it was okay. I kept wanting to listen and find out what would happen next. It was very well written and the narrator did a good job also.

great listen

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The thing I liked most is the finding of freedom and close observation of nature. Despite the fact it is about running away from home to find adventure there is a strong emphasis on learning through both reading and observation.

A good story for young and old alike.

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Loved this runaway story as a young boy and such a joy to listen to as an adult.

Beautiful kids adventure

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I was read this book whilst a primary school in the early 1970’s by our wonderful school librarian. She used to read books to us each visit to her library. I was enthralled by this book back then, and it made an undeniable impression on me that has stood the test of time. It was equally as good, if not better, hearing it again. Read this book to your children, and give them life long memories of what a truly good children’s book is..

50 years later

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I have read this nearly every year since it was read to me as a 10 year old. Then I read to my children. So 30 years later it was really nice to listen to it.

My favourite book of all time

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