Jean Craighead George - My Side of the Mountain: Literature Guide

Pros: A fiction so vividly written that it feels real. Engaging and very informative.

Cons: Makes me jealous of folks who live close or have easy access to the wilderness

The Bottom Line: A very engaging and educational (about the wilderness and human-relation) read for the young teenagers (and adults). There's a Sam Gribley in all of us!

Review: This review of Jean Craighead George's book, My Side of the Mountain, is my official entry into had assahchana's and dra mastef's very ambitious and progressive ...

Pros: Great writing, imaginative

Cons: May not seem likely plot

Review: When I first read this book, I couldn't put it down. I know that sounds corny, but this book set off a part of me that would love to go live a peaceful, independent life by myself. This is exactly what Sam does in My Side of the Mountain. He is...

Pros: Beautiful story about a boy living in the wild, Great details

Cons: You *know* this could never happen

Review: I've always been fascinated with those books where people have to live on their own in the wilderness--sometimes they're forced to, or sometimes they have run away. Either way, the person amazingly has a knife in their possession, can eat almost...