My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

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Hardcover

Published January 1, 1800

About the author

Jean Craighead George wrote over eighty popular books for young adults, including the Newbery Medal-winning Julie of the Wolves and the Newbery Honor book My Side of the Mountain. Most of her books deal with topics related to the environment and the natural world. While she mostly wrote children's fiction, she also wrote at least two guides to cooking with wild foods, and an autobiography, Journey Inward.

The mother of three children, (Twig C. George, Craig, and T. Luke George) Jean George was a grandmother who joyfully read to her grandchildren since the time they were born. Over the years Jean George kept one hundred and seventy-three pets, not including dogs and cats, in her home in Chappaqua, New York. "Most of these wild animals depart in autumn when the sun changes their behaviour and they feel the urge to migrate or go off alone. While they are with us, however, they become characters in my books, articles, and stories."

Reviews

[Susan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book the first time in the 4th grade. 1966. Second time in the early aughts. Now, upon finding it in a Little Free Library, I have read it again, at the age of 68. A delight, plain and simple.

[Hunter Porter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Amazing read, read it in one sitting could not put it down. Will revitalize your want to leave civilization and live off the land.

[mathew · Rating 5 out of 5]

one of my favorite books i read as a kid. re-reading it as an adult made me realize how much it influenced my worldview.

[Codee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful story