Book
My Side of the Mountain
- Published
- 1959
- Genre
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Dutton Children's Books
- Pages
- 177
- Words
- 40355
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41667.My_Side_of_the_Mountain?from_search=true
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.2
- Lexile
- 810L
- Guided reading level
- U
- Suggested reading age
- ages 9–12
- Ambleside year
- Years 3–4 · ages 8–12
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
Every kid thinks about running away at one point or another; few get farther than the end of the block. Young Sam Gribley gets to the end of the block and keeps going--all the way to the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. There he sets up house in a huge hollowed-out tree, with a falcon and a weasel for companions and his wits as his tool for survival. In a spellbinding, touching, funny account, Sam learns to live off the land, and grows up a little in the process.
Collections
Davidson GiftedDeep Roots Grade · 5Mensa Kids · 4-6The Good & The Beautiful · 7
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780525462699
- ISBN-10
- 0525462694
Tags
Adventure-RunawayAdventure-SurvivalAward Winners-ALA Notable/Best BooksDavidson GiftedDeep RootsDiaries/Journals/Letters/Blogs-Diaries/Journals/Letters/Blogs (All)Mensa KidsNatural Environments-MountainsRecommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 3-5Recommended Reading-California Recommended Lit., English, 6-8Series: My Side of the Mountain TrilogyThe Good & The Beautiful