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| On the Far Side of the Mountain | 
| Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Puffin
Category: Book
List Price: $6.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 24688
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 11.7 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0141312416
EAN: 9780141312415
ASIN: 0141312416
Publication Date: May 21, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Standard used condition.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great Book January 12, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
On The Far Side of The Mountain by Jean Craighead George is an amazing book and has all of the right ingredients for a suspenseful survival novel. The main character, Sam Gribley, has run away from home and been living in the Catskill mountains for a year or so now. It is amazing how he uses nature to make things for every day living. His main food provider, a falcon named Frightful, has been taken away for legal issues. Without his falcon Sam is left to fend for himself.
To find out what happens, read this great book that will keep you wanting to read more.
I highly recommend this book for all ages, it is a classic!
on the far side of the mountain May 30, 2006
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
It was a good book for boys who like the wilderness. Some of the parts were vary boring. I picked this book because it was a medium length.
 OTFSOTM Review May 30, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
On the Far Side of the Mountain is about Sam Gribley, who lives on the Catskill Mountains. He eventually is also burdened with his sister living there, and must leave the safety of the mountain to save her with his friend Bando.
This book has some action and adventure, but not enough for my taste. I didn't appeal to that or the characters. It was basically about outdoor survival, which is much better done in other books, like Hatchet by Gary Paulsen.
I would recommend reading other, more exciting books, like Hatchet,instead of this one.
Mountian of a book November 22, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
On the Far Side of the Mountain is the second book in the series. It is about Sam Gribley and his adventures on the Catskill Mountains. In this book his family moves off the mountain because they could not farm the land. Sam's sister Alice convinces their parents to let her stay on the mountain with Sam. Sam dose not want her there but his dad says that she will probably be begging to leave in an hour. Alice is well adapted to living on the mountains and loves it there so she dose not tire of it. When Alice lives there thought she wants things that Sam has to build and make for her. Alice is doing well on the mountain and is almost living on her own. When some events happen Sam must leave the protection of his mountain home and explore new lands in order to save a life.What I liked about this book is that it is filled with action and adventure. I also liked his sister she was a great character in the book. What I didn't like about the book is that some on the decision that Sam makes I do not agree with. I know I said I liked Alice in this book but the spent the whole book talking about her and it was too much.
People that would like this book are people that enjoy the outdoors and nature. People that also like to go out in the woods and spent the night or have ever wondered what it would be like of a mountain.
 On the far side of the mountain is a must read for ANYONE!!! November 2, 2005
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
On the far side of the mountain is SO great. The entire story is written SO perfectly and the ending happily, sadly, and suspenfully sums up the story. If you are going to read On the far side of the mountain, you MUST first read My Side of the mountain to know what is going on. I have read the 1st and 2nd books and i am going to read Frightful's mountain and then Frightful's daughter. Tjis is the best book series i have ever read!!!
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