Showing results for title "My Side of the Mountain", by author "Jean Craighead George" in Action & Adventure

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, 40 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.

Frightful, the peregrine falcon who first appeared in My Side of the Mountain, is back. Her amazing journey through life continues in the face of many rousing wildlife adventures. Will she survive the wilderness, even though she was raised by a human? When an old friend rescues her from captors, Frightful soars into the unfamiliar woodlands and searches for home. Before finding her mountain, she adopts a nest of motherless peregrine chicks.

Hastiado de vivir en un apartamento de una ciudad populosa, Sam Gribley se refugia en la soledad de las Montañas Catskill para comenzar una vida nueva. Con la ayuda de un cortaplumas, una pelota de corcho, cuarenta dólares y unas piezas de acero y pedernal, debe confiar para sobrevivir en su propio ingenio y en los recursos que le ofrece la tierra. Solo en la montaña, Sam descubre el valor, el peligro y el verdadero significado de la palabra camaradería.