Displaying 1 of 1 1988 Format: Book Author: George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012, author, illustrator. Title: My side of the mountain / written and illustrated by Jean Craighead George. Publisher, Date: New York : Dutton, ©1988. Description: xii, 177 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. 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. Target Audience Note: Middle School. Series: Mountain ; 1 Mountain ; 1. Subjects: Wilderness survival -- Juvenile fiction. Self-reliance -- Juvenile fiction. Mountain life -- Juvenile fiction. Genre: Action and adventure fiction. Notes: Originally was published in 1959. Accelerated reader. Newbery Honor Book, 1960. Contents: 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. LCCN: 87027556 ISBN: 0525443924 9780525443926 0525443959 9780525443957 9780525463467 9780141312422 0590981811 9780590981811 9781451726886 0525463461 0140348107 0525443924 0525355308 0142401110 9780525443926 (lib. bdg.) 0525443959 (pbk.) 9780525443957 (pbk.) 9780525463467 0525463461 Other Number: 16871840 System Availability: 7 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 7 Control Number: 754199 # Local items in: 5 # System items in: 5 Call Number: j George Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
