My Side of the Mountain
Format: audiobook
ISBN:
9780788795220 (0788795228)
Publisher: Recorded Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Adventure,
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Survival,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Middle Grade,
Environment,
Nature
Series: Mountain (#1)
Another from NPR's Backseat Book Club list. I was reading through What's that Book on reddit and someone posted about a book where a kid lives in the forest in a burned out tree. Another poster identified the book as My Side of the Mountain. That description made me want to finally read the book. ...
I really needed a win after starting (and giving up on) 3 separate books so when I picked up My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George I felt pretty confident considering it was a Newberry Honor winner. The introduction made me laugh because it was all about the author's experience running aw...
A great coming-of-age tale
I don't understand why this book received so many awards. I thought it was so completely unrealistic.The book is about a boy who runs away from home and decides to live in the woods on his own. Now I have read and enjoyed books of people living in the wilderness. Hatchet by Gary Paulson was one of t...
I found the book to be too unbelievable. I think I missed out having not read it as a younger reader. I probably would have liked it more, but at this point in my life I can't believe a young boy of 10 would be about to handle all of these challenges so easily.
6 years ago
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