TY - BOOK AU - George,Jean Craighead TI - My side of the mountain SN - 9780142401118 PY - 1988/// CY - New York : PB - Puffin Books, KW - Self-reliance KW - Mountain life KW - Wilderness survival KW - Outdoor life KW - New York (State)--Catskill Mountains KW - Recluses KW - Survival (Title) N2 - ''An extraordinary book.. it will be read year after year'' -The Horn Book Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in his family's crowded New York City apartment. So, armed with just the bare necessities-- a penknife, a ball of cord, some flint, and steel, and the clothes on his back- he runs away to the mountain. There, Sam must rely on his own ingenuity and the resources of the geat outdoors to survive-- and he discovers a side of himself he never knew existed. ER -