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My side of the mountain / written and illustrated by Jean Craighead George.

George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012 (author,, illustrator.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780525443926
  • ISBN: 0525443924
  • ISBN: 9780525443957
  • ISBN: 0525443959
  • ISBN: 0525463461
  • ISBN: 0140348107
  • ISBN: 9780140348101
  • ISBN: 9780590981811
  • ISBN: 0141312424
  • ISBN: 9780525463467
  • ISBN: 9780141312422
  • ISBN: 0590981811
  • ISBN: 9780881035704
  • ISBN: 088103570X
  • ISBN: 0141311878
  • ISBN: 0525355308
  • Physical Description: xii, 177 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Dutton, 1988.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally was published in 1959.
Publisher, dates, and paging may vary.
Formatted Contents Note:
Author's preface -- I hole up in a snowstorm -- I get started on this venture -- I find Gribley's farm -- I find many useful plants -- This old, old tree -- I meet one of my own kind and have a terrible time getting away -- The king's provider -- What I did about the 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 -- The 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 learn about birds and people -- I have a good look at winter and find spring in the snow -- The spring in the winter and the beginning of my story's end -- I cooperate with the ending -- The city comes to me.
Target Audience Note:
Ages 8-12.
810L Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.2 6 64.
Accelerated reader.
Awards Note:
Newbery Honor Book, 1960.

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Subject:
Wilderness survival > Juvenile fiction.
Self-reliance > Juvenile fiction.
Mountain life > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Survival fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.

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  • 79 of 106 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 3 of 5 copies available at Johnston County Affiliated Libraries.

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  • 2 current holds with 106 total copies.
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Kenly Public Library J George (Text) 38950611032261 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Princeton Public Library J George (Text) 38950611460090 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Selma Public Library J Geo (Text) 38950607209832 Juvenile Fiction Available -

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