Title:
My side of the mountain
Personal Author EPSB:
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.
Year Published:
2004,
1988
Series:
Physical Description:
177 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.
Note:
Originally published: Dutton, 1959.
"A Puffin book."
Contents:
Authors preface -- I hole up in a snowstorm -- I get started on this venture -- I find Gribley's farm -- I find many useful plants -- Old, old tree -- I meet one of my own kind and have a terrible time getting away -- King's provider -- What I did about the first 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 -- 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 and the beginning of my story's end -- I cooperate with the ending -- City comes to me.
Reading Grade level:
6.7.
Age Interest level:
Ages 9-12 years.
Grade Interest level:
5-8
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader MG 5.2 6.0 64
LA
Awards:
Newbery Medal/Honor, 1960
ISBN:
9780142401118
01413112424
9780525443957
9780590981811
Publisher:
New York : Puffin Books, 1988.
New York City, NY. : Penguin Books, 1990.
New York : Puffin Books, 2004.
Toronto, ON : Fitzhenry & Whiteside Limited, 1988.
