Book Talk

        Hi my name is Joseph, I’m here to talk to you about the book My Side of the Mountain. This book takes place in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. The main character is Sam Gribley young boy who originally lived in a New York City apartment. This book is about a Sam trying to survive in the Catskill Mountains and trying find his great grandfathers farm.

        The book starts with Sam running away from his home in New York to find his great grandfathers farm in the Catskill Mountains. His parents are aware of this and allowed it thinking that he would return in a few days and not actually live there and survive alone. Sam set his home in a Hemlock tree by hollowing it out. To survive Sam has brought a penknife, a ball of cord, an ax, 40 dollars, and flint and steel to make fire. He used those tools and what he knew to survive. Throughout his adventures he found a falcon and it soon became his best friend and pet, he named it Frightful. They both depended on each other to survive. He also made friend with a weasel who he name Baron Weasel and a raccoon named Jesse Coon James. During the book he avoided people . The only two people he saw were a librarian named Miss Turner and a college English teach who he called Bando.

        I really enjoyed reading this book mainly because I like survival books and it was really interesting. What I found the most interesting was Sam’s knowledge about the wild and how to survive. I would recommend this book to anybody no matter what types of books they like.

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