Frightful's Mountain
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Can Frightful survive alone? Sam Gribley has been told that it is illegal to harbor an endangered bird, so when his beloved falcon, Frightful, comes home, he has to let her go. But Frightful doesn’t know how to live alone in the wild. She can’t feed herself, mate, brood chicks, or migrate. Frightful struggles to survive and learns to enjoy her new freedom. But she feels a bond with Sam that can never be broken, and more than anything else, she wants to return to him.
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Jean Craighead George wrote over one hundred books for children and young adults. Her novel Julie of the Wolves won the Newbery Medal in 1973, and she received a 1960 Newbery Honor for My Side of the Mountain. She continued to write acclaimed picture books that celebrate the natural world. Her other books with Wendell Minor include The Wolves Are Back; Luck; Everglades; Arctic Son; Morning, Noon, and Night; and Galapagos George.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780141312354
- Publication Date
- May 1, 2001
- Publisher
- Puffin Books
- Original Publication Date
- September 1, 1999
- Page Count
- 288
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- Lexile® Level
- 710L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~Q
- Est. ATOS® Book Level
- ~4.5
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