Frightful's Daughter

Frightful's Daughter PDF Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
ISBN: 9780525469070
Category : Catskill Mountains (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Oksi, daughter of Frightful, the peregrine falcon, and her journey from hatchling to adulthood.

Frightful's Daughter

Frightful's Daughter PDF Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
ISBN: 9780525469070
Category : Catskill Mountains (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Oksi, daughter of Frightful, the peregrine falcon, and her journey from hatchling to adulthood.

Frightful's Daughter Meets The Baron Weasel

Frightful's Daughter Meets The Baron Weasel PDF Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780525472025
Category : Falcons
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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In another mesmerizing, heartwarming tale of a boys life in the forest, a legendary author returns to the beloved characters of her bestselling wilderness series, accompanied by majestic artwork sure to delight fans old and new. Full color.

My Side of the Mountain

My Side of the Mountain PDF Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593115007
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 213

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"Should appeal to all rugged individualists who dream of escape to the forest."—The New York Times Book Review Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. “An extraordinary book . . . It will be read year after year.” —The Horn Book

Frightful's Mountain

Frightful's Mountain PDF Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593693523
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215

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Frightful, the pelegrine falcon, could not see. A falconer's hood covered her head and eyes. She remained quiet and clam, like all daytime birds in the dark. She would hear, however. She listened t the wind whistling through the pine needles. The wind-music conjured up images of a strange woods and unknown flowers. The sound was foreign. It was not the soft song of wind humming through the hemlock needles of home. Frightful was a long way from her familiar forest. Suddenly an all-invading passion filled her. She must go. She must find one mountain among thousands, one hemlock tree among millions,. And the one boy who called himself Sam Gribley. The one mountain was her territory, the one tree was Sam's house, the perch beside it, her place. And Sam Gribley was life.So begins the third book in the wilderness series that has lifted imaginations around the worlds. Readers last head from Sam Gribley a decade ago , when he kept the hardest resolution of his life and let his falcon partner go free. Now at last we pick up the sotry?but this time, the narrative continues through Frightful's keen-sighted eyes.Raised by Sam, Frightful is an imprinted bird. She has no idea how to migrate, mate, or be a mother. She can barely even feed herself, for although she is a skilled hunter, it was always Sam who signaled permission to partake of the kill. Sam, so patient and kind, will support her from afar, and so will bird activists Jon and Susan wood and conservationist Leon Longbridge. But despite a letter-writing campaign by local schoolchildren, other would despoil her Catskill home?designing fatal electrical wires and disturbing good nesting areas with jackhammers and paint trucks.With evolution and a proud natural intelligence on her side, Frightful may yet beat the odds of famine, winter, and human encroachment. But her terrible longing for that one mountain among thousands, her first home?a longing so noble and generous yet so dangerous?will govern her to either heartbreaking failure or hart-aching triumph, a triumph so right and so natural that readers will want to take to the skies in celebration.Jean Craighead George published My Side of the mountain in 1959, a Newbery Honor Book and coming-of-age story that has enthralled and entertained generations of would-be Sams. This third book in the series shares?in exquisite, elegantly flowing prose?Frightful's own passage into adulthood, taking readers on a journey into the mind and spirit of one of the wild's most magnificent creations and proving once again why the author is considered the most gifted nature writer of her time.

On the Far Side of the Mountain

On the Far Side of the Mountain PDF Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593693515
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 153

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Two years ago, Sam ran away from New York City to live in the Catskill Mountains. Now his younger sister Alice has joined him and is quietly living in a tree house of her own nearby. Their peaceful life is shattered when a conservation officer confiscates Sam’s falcon, Frightful, and Alice suddenly vanishes. Sam leaves his home to search for Alice, hoping to find Frightful, too. But the trail to the far side of the mountain may lead Sam into great danger. “Surpasses the original in style and substance . . . This story [is] a jewel.” —Booklist “George has outdone herself here.” —Kirkus Reviews

Tree Castle Island

Tree Castle Island PDF Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Perfection Learning
ISBN: 9780756914561
Category : Brothers
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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After building his own canoe, 14-year-old Jack Hawkins goes to try it out in his beloved Okefenokee Swamp, where an accident tests his survival skills and leads him to a shocking discovery.

The Ghostly Carousel

The Ghostly Carousel PDF Author: Calef Brown
Publisher: Carolrhoda Books
ISBN: 151242661X
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

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Spooky light-verse poems featuring otherworldly creatures and things: witches and warlocks, the 'Creeping Crud' and a cannibal's fingery fondue, fictional characters such as Dr. Jekyll and Medusa, and more.

My Side of the Mountain Trilogy

My Side of the Mountain Trilogy PDF Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525462694
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 641

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Book Description
In 1959, Jean Craighead George published My Side of the Mountain. This coming-of-age story about a boy and his falcon went on to win a Newbery Honor, and for the past forty years has enthralled and entertained generations of would-be Sam Gribleys. The two books that followed--On the Far Side of the Mountain and Frightful's Mountain--were equally extraordinary. Now all three books are available in one deluxe yet affordable volume for veteran devotees and brand-new fans alike.

Boston Jane: An Adventure

Boston Jane: An Adventure PDF Author: Jennifer L. Holm
Publisher: Yearling
ISBN: 0375893997
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274

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Fans of adventure, romance, and a strong heroine will love this this action-packed historical trilogy by three-time Newbery Honor winner and New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Holm. 1855. The unknown wilds of the Pacific Northwest—a land not yet tamed, and certainly not fitting for a proper young lady! Yet that’s just where Miss Jane Peck finds herself. After a tumultuous childhood on the wrong side of Philadelphia high society, Jane is trying to put aside her reckless ways and be accepted as a proper young lady. And so when handsome William Baldt proposes, she joyfully accepts and prepares to join him in a world away from her home in Washington Territory. But Miss Hepplewhite’ s straitlaced finishing school was hardly preparation for the treacherous months at sea it takes to get there, the haunting loss she’ll face on the way, or the colorful characters and crude life that await her on the frontier.

Julie

Julie PDF Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0064405737
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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Julie's decision to return home to her people is not an easy one. But after many months in the wilderness, living in harmony with the wolves that saved her life, she knows the time has come. Julie is not prepared, however, for all the changes that she finds. Her father has forsaken many of the old Eskimo traditions. He has given up his sled dogs for a snowmobile, and now looks after the musk oxen that serve as the village's income. He will do anything to protect them -- even shoot any wolves that might threaten the herd. Julie knows that, like her father, she must find a way to reconcile the old ways with the new. But how can she do that without putting her beloved wolves in danger?