![]() ![]() In 1959, Jean Craighead George published My Side of the Mountain. Jean Craighead George is the beloved author of more than 80 books, including the Newbery Medal winner, Julie of the Wolves. Written from the perspective of Frightful the falcon, the concluding novel in the trilogy follows her efforts to learn to depend on her own instincts in a world crawling with dangers. Frightful's Mountain is an interesting departure for George. In the sequel, On the Far Side of the Mountain, Sam's sister has now joined him, and his falcon is confiscated by a conservation officer. For a year he lives in a hollowed-out tree, befriending animals and depending on his wits for survival. ![]() ![]() In My Side of the Mountain, a Newbery Honor Book, Sam leaves home to fend for himself in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. Now, all three of George's remarkable novels about the wilderness adventures of young Sam Gribley and his falcon, Frightful, are available in one handsome volume. Letters kept arriving from schools and homes, saying, 'We want to know more about Sam, Frightful, and the wilderness.' 'Sequels,' they said, 'are important.' They were right." "But kids are wiser than adults, I learned. 'Those are trashy books,' she told me when I was a child. Asked why the writing of the My Side of the Mountain trilogy took Jean Craighead George more than 40 years, she responds, "My mother disapproved of sequels. ![]()
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