My side of the mountain / George, Jean Craighead

A young boy relates his adventures during the year he spends living alone in the Catskill Mountains including his struggle for survival, his dependence on nature, his animal friends, and his ultimate realization that he needs human companionship.

My Side of the Mountain,is the unique adventure of thirteen,-year-old Sam Gribley. Sam's hero is naturalist poet Henry David Thoreau, so Sam writes a note for his parents, packs up and leaves home for the challege of wilderness living. Realizing his dream, Sam feeds himself, builds a makeshift home and learns to live in harmony with nature--miles from civilization.