My Side of the Mountain

Jean Craighead George

Puffin Books, 2001 - Juvenile Fiction - 177 pages

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.

Contents

• Hole Up in a Snowstorm: 3
• Get Started on This Venture: 9
• Find Gribleys Farm: 20

About the author

Jean Craighead George was born on July 2, 1919 in Washington, D.C. She received degrees in English and science from Pennsylvania State University. She began her career as a reporter for the International News Service. In the 1940s she was a member of the White House press corps for The Washington Post. During her lifetime, she wrote over 100 novels including My Side of the Mountain, which was a 1960 Newbery Honor Book, On the Far Side of the Mountain, Julie of the Wolves, which won the Newbery Medal, Julie, and Julie's Wolf Pack. She also wrote two guides to cooking with wild foods and an autobiography entitled Journey Inward. In 1991, she became the first winner of the School Library Media Section of the New York Library Association's Knickerbocker Award for Juvenile Literature. She died on May 15, 2012 at the age of 92.

Bibliographic information

• Title: My Side of the Mountain
• Author: Jean Craighead George
• Illustrated by: Jean Craighead George
• Publisher: Puffin Books, 2001
• ISBN: 0141311878, 9780141311876
• Length: 177 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories; Juvenile Fiction / Classics; Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance