My Side of the Mountain
- 196pages
- 7 heures de lecture
Newbery Award Honor book, ALA Notable book, Hans Christian Award book.
Cette série suit le voyage courageux d'un jeune garçon qui choisit de quitter la vie citadine pour la nature sauvage des montagnes Catskill. Il s'installe dans un immense arbre creux, apprenant à vivre de la terre avec des créatures sauvages pour compagnons. Les récits explorent les thèmes de la liberté, de l'indépendance et de l'aventure alors que le protagoniste est confronté à des défis tels que les tempêtes, l'isolement et la peur. C'est une histoire captivante d'autonomie, de croissance personnelle et d'une profonde connexion avec le monde naturel.




Newbery Award Honor book, ALA Notable book, Hans Christian Award book.
Sam is joined in the Catskill Mountains by his younger sister, Alice, who is quietly living in a tree house of her own. Their peaceful life is shattered when a conservation officer confiscates Sam's falcon, Frightful, and Alice suddenly vanishes. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Can frightful survive alone? Sam Gribley has been told that it is illegal to harbor an endangered bird, so when his beloved falcon, Frightful, comes home, he has to let her go. But Frightful doesn’t know how to live alone in the wild. She can’t feed herself, mate, brood chicks, or migrate. Frightful struggles to survive and learns to enjoy her new freedom. But she feels a bond with Sam that can never be broken, and more than anything else, she wants to return to him. The sequel to My Side of the Mountain and On the Far Side of the Mountain from Newbery Medal-winning author Jean Craighead George. “Fans of My Side of the Mountain will be glad to revisit Sam Gribley in this sequel.” — The Horn Book “ Frightful’s Mountain is a novel that will change the way you look at the world.” — The New York Times Book Review "Frightful's story is filled with excitement and adventure." — School Library Journal
In 1959, Jean Craighead George's My Side of the Mountain, a coming-of-age tale about a boy and his falcon, won a Newbery Honor and has captivated readers for decades. The subsequent books, On the Far Side of the Mountain and Frightful's Mountain, are now collected in a deluxe volume for both longtime fans and newcomers.