My side of the mountain
George, Jean Craighead 1919-2012
My side of the mountain written and illustrated by Jean Craighead George - Puffin Modern Classics ed. - New York Puffin Books 2004, c1988 - 177 p. ill. - Puffin modern classics . - Puffin modern classics .
Lexile : 810L
Authors preface -- I hole up in a snowstorm -- I get started on this venture -- I find Gribley's farm -- I find many useful plants -- Old, old tree -- I meet one of my own kind and have a terrible time getting away -- King's provider -- What I did about the first man who was after me -- I learn to season my food -- How a door came to me -- Frightful learns her ABC's -- I find a real live man -- Autumn provides food and loneliness -- We all learn about Halloween -- I find out what to do with hunters -- Trouble begins -- I pile up wood and go on with winter -- I learnabout birds and people -- I have a good look and the beginning of my story's end -- I cooperate with the ending -- City comes to me.
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
9780142401118 $280
Mountain life--Fiction
Self-reliance--Fiction
813.54 / G347
My side of the mountain written and illustrated by Jean Craighead George - Puffin Modern Classics ed. - New York Puffin Books 2004, c1988 - 177 p. ill. - Puffin modern classics . - Puffin modern classics .
Lexile : 810L
Authors preface -- I hole up in a snowstorm -- I get started on this venture -- I find Gribley's farm -- I find many useful plants -- Old, old tree -- I meet one of my own kind and have a terrible time getting away -- King's provider -- What I did about the first man who was after me -- I learn to season my food -- How a door came to me -- Frightful learns her ABC's -- I find a real live man -- Autumn provides food and loneliness -- We all learn about Halloween -- I find out what to do with hunters -- Trouble begins -- I pile up wood and go on with winter -- I learnabout birds and people -- I have a good look and the beginning of my story's end -- I cooperate with the ending -- City comes to me.
A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.
9780142401118 $280
Mountain life--Fiction
Self-reliance--Fiction
813.54 / G347