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| Frightful's Mountain | 
| Author: Jean Craighead George
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Category: Book
List Price: $18.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  32 reviews
Sales Rank: 702814
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.8 x 1
ISBN: 0525461663
EAN: 9780525461661
ASIN: 0525461663
Publication Date: September 1, 1999
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| Customer Reviews:
 Frightful's Mountain: A Great Book February 16, 2003
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Frightful's Mountain is about a peregrine falcon that is seraching for her previous owner. She must find out the one tree and the one mountain where he lives. She meets everything from dogs to poachers to other peregine falcons that come in her way. She finally gets back to him, but is then set free to live the life of a wild peregrine.
The reason I liked this book is because of its style. It was very much like the first book of the trilogy, except that it was from the falcon's point of view. I love adventure stories, so it is not a surprise that I believe this is exceptional literature, but this one puts you in the situation and sucks you into the text. I coundn't stop reading!
One other reason I believed this was one of the greatest books of all time is because it was so detailed. Descriptions lurked around every corner. I could almost see what was going on when I was reading! It was also very emotional and i wanted to get a tissue amnd cry into it. It was very impactful.
My favorite part was when Sam, Frightful's master, was trying to save two of her chicks that were stolen by poachers. His dog had crawled under the cabin's foundation and was met by a skunk's spray. The smell seeped through the floorboards and the poachers ran out of the building. Sam snuck in through the back door and collected the eyases in his hands. One of the poachers had run back in to get his gun and saw Sam. The conservation officers had come in just in time and had him at gunpoint.
Frightful's Mountain March 20, 2002
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I chose to read this book because I heard it was a good book and my friends recommended it. I also chose this book because I had read the other books of these series:My Side of the Mountain, and On the Far Side of the Mountain. I decided to buy this book from the Scholastic book company, where my friend had bought his. Frightful's Mountain is the third book in this series. Many people said jean Craighead George was a good author, too.
The main characters in the book are Frightful and Sam. Frightful had been cut loose from her jesses, and was let go. She decided to live in the wild because Sam would not take her back to his mountain. Finally, she starts to live as normal peregrines would, and was said to be beautiful and graceful. Sam is a wilderness-loving teen who decides to run away to the Catskill Mountains. He learns how to survive, and learns a lot about the wilderness.
I liked this book because it talks about birds and nature. I also learned about plants that were edible and not. Some sections the book became boring, but other parts were fun to read. I also enjoyed learning about peregrines. I believe the time I used to read this book was worth it.
Frightfuls Mountain March 14, 2002
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Frightful's Mountain is a great book. The author of the book is Jean Graighead Ceorge. The thing I like best about this book is that it did not leave you hanging at the end. My favorite character is Sam. The book is about a boy that lives in the Catskill Mountains. The boy stole a baby peregrine falcon from its nest and raised it in a hemlock tree then the falcon was taken away. Then Sam's sister frees Frightful from the government people. You have to read the rest of the book to find out what else happens.
A must for nature lovers. February 22, 2002
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I liked this book a lot. In order to like it you have got to read My Side of the Mountain and then On the Far Side of the Mountain. The book starts with Sam Gribley releasing his falcon because he figured out that it is illegal to harbor falcons. This book is about how Sam's falcon, Frightful learns to survive in the wild and this book also has background on falcons. A must for nature lovers.
 Great Story February 15, 2002
This book is a good follow up of Far Side Of The Mountian. It is about how Sam is worried about Frightful who is getting to atatched to him. He is afriad that he won't migrate and mate. At the same time Sam and his friends are trying to get bird post on the telaphone poles and has a great ending.
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