My side of the mountain trilogy pc free download

He learns many skills from people he meets on his journey that will help him to survive his independent lifestyle. However, Sam finds his solitude more lonesome than he thought, and soon yearns for human interaction. This coming-of-age story follows the mental and physical growth of a young boy as he discovers who he really is. Scholastic Book Guides Time Saving Tools for Reading Success!

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For use with Grades About the Novel: My Side of the Mountain follows one boy's journey into the wilderness and the most unlikely realization he finds there. Sam Gribley is an adolescent boy who lives in a small New York City apartment with eight brothers and sisters. He hates feeling trapped and dreams of living in the wide open space that only the wilderness can provide. He decides then to run away to his grandfather's abandoned farm in the Catskill Mountains. On the way, Sam recounts how he survives a snowstorm and befriends a falcon and weasel.

He learns many skills from people he meets on his journey that will help him to survive his independent lifestyle. However, Sam finds his solitude more lonesome than he thought, and soon yearns for human interaction. This coming-of-age story follows the mental and physical growth of a young boy as he discovers who he really is.

Skip to content. Toggle navigation. My Side of the Mountain Trilogy. Get Books. Young Sam Gribley spends a winter alone in the Catskills, his sister runs away from home, and his pet falcon, Frightful, is confiscated by a conservation officer. The first edition of the novel was published in , and was written by Jean Craighead George.

The book was published in multiple languages including English, consists of pages and is available in Hardcover format. The main characters of this fiction, young adult story are ,. Sam decides to leave the city set in Toronto to spend a sabbatical in the Canadian woods and see if he can make it as a self-sufficient spirit after his parents promise a summer trip that doesn't pan out. His immediate companion is his pet raccoon, Gus, which lives with him in the city.

He gathers supplies at a local store and leaves his family behind, hops on a bus and heads down the with Gus to what he calls "the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec".

Here he finds the perfect mountain stream and pond location to build a home in an old dead tree. Now he can begin his long-awaited algae experiments, as well as prove his ability as a solitary, young Thoreau living off the land and communing fully with nature.