My Side of the Mountain
What's This Book About
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.
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Reviews
I'm not a camper--I'm more what you'd call "indoorsy:--but when I read this book in fourth grade, it made me want to run away and live in a tree. It was a fun story, and sparked a lot of imaginative daydreams about living in the wild. I think it's perfect for older elementary school or middle school readers.
Such an enjoyable wilderness survival story, similar to Hatchet but without the intensity. This is more like the invented memoir of a young boy who tries his hand living alone in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York.
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The Creative Behind the Book
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
- 9780142401118
- Publication Date
- January 1, 1960
- Publisher
- Puffin Books
- Page Count
- 177
- Words Per Page
- 228
- Audience
- Middle Grade
- Reading Age
- 8 - 12 years
- Est. Lexile® Level
- ~811L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~S
- ATOS® Book Level
- 5.2
- Accelerated Reader® Points
- 6
- Accelerated Reader Quiz
- 64
- Accelerated Reader Interest Level
- MG
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