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Title:My Side Of The Mountain Author: Jean Craighead George Format: Mass Market |
Almost everyone has thoughts of running away from home, yet very few think about it after reading a book. Usually, it’s after a fight with one of the “adults.” This book still makes me want to run away, and I am 22. Sam Gribley goes further then most young kids. Most of us make it to the end of the block; the real determined ones go as far as their best friend’s house. Yet our Sam goes up into the mountains of New York and sets up home. He learns to be dependent on only himself and nature. While everything is pushing him to go back home, he will not. In the process of living out a year in the woods by himself, he grows up quite a bit more then that. I love this book and put it up there with Where the Red Fern Grows, although this one is not nearly as sad. If you need a present for a ten year old, this is it.
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