By Jean Craighead George

Report By Ethan Spetnagel

INTRODUCTION
My Side of the mountain starts with a boy named Sam Gribley who one day decides he wants to leave the crowded city of New York. Sam packs up and leaves and meets many people. Through his story Sam survives in a forest and later finds his family for a new life. My Side of the mountain is about Sams adventure.
Sam Gribley

Setting
This story takes place in the Catskill Mountains in the 1950s and is a realistic fiction story. Sam Gribley leaves his family in New York and decides to live in the forest where his great grandparents farm used to be.

Characters
Sam Gribley (Protagonist)
A Boy who lives in the forest. At first he is just learning how to use nature to live, but later he learns more and becomes an expert.

Bando
A Friend Sam Makes in the story that changes his life and helps him.

The Baron (Weasel)

A weasel that Sam traps, the weasel doesnt like Sam.

Bill
A man living in a cabin in the woods, who helps Sam during his first two days in the forest.

More Characters
Frightful (Sams Falcon) Sams Falcon that he catches and trains. This bird helps him though the story. Nature (Antagonist) Nature is nature. It is the antagonist because it is what Sam has to face though his story Miss Turner A Librarian in My Side Of The Mountain that helps Sam in the begging of the story. Sam's Father Sams dad who later in the story moves into the forest with him.

Protagonist and Antagonist

Protagonist (Sam) A boy (Sam Gribley) Likes nature On the mountain Lives in forest Has a pet hawk Antagonist (Nature) Antagonist because nature is what Sam has to face What Sam gets food from Mountain Is all of the animals on the mountain

Beginning (plot)
Sam decides to leave New York city and his family and heads to the Catskill Mountains in a taxi. He survives his first night and finds his greatgrandfathers old house (Picture on the right). He meets a librarian and an old man at the bottom of the mountain and they teach him a few tips. He leaves up into mountain to start making his camp site.

Sams Great-grandfathers house on mountain

Middle (plot)
Sam keeps surviving the Catskill mountains and meets a man named Bando. Bando helps Sam and Sam catches his first deer. Sam also teaches his falcon to fly and his falcon catches food. Winter is on its way and Sam collects food and makes cloth out of deer for the winter. He is ready for the winter.

Deer in Catskill Mountains

End (plot)
Sams dad comes up to the mountains and finds Sam. It is halfway through the winter and he stays for the weekend with Sam. His dad promises that he will bring the family up in a couple weeks. Later in the winter the whole family comes and they decide to build a house in the forest and live there instead of New York.

Catskill Mountains in the winter

About the Author

Jean Craighead George is a Newbery Award-winning writer. She was born on July 2nd, 1919 and wrote her book My Side Of The Mountain in 1958. Jean just recently died at the age of 92 just this year, and was awarded with many awards from My Side of the Mountain and another book she wrote called Julie of the Wolfs. Jean Craighead George is a very popular writer.

Jean Craighead George

Favorite Character
My Favorite character in My Side of the Mountain is the character Frightful. Frightful is Sams bird that he catches and tames. Frightful is my favorite character because he is very unusual for a character in a book, and I think falcons are cool in the first place. Frightful in My Side of the Mountain is always Catching food for Sam and he is very helpful. At one point in the story Frightful catches almost all the food Sam needs to survive. Frightful is my favorite character in My Side of the Mountain.

Frightful (Falcon)

Recommendations
I recommend this book this book to anyone who like adventure books. This book was a great and interesting book that really is fun to read. If you like reading this book is a great book for you.

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