On the Far Side of the Mountain

Two years after the events of the first book, a government agent comes to the mountain to confiscate Sam's falcon, for their own good, of course. Then Sam's sister disappears. For her own good too? Considered a minor classic, this could never be written today.......more

I know I'm not the age demographic for this novel but the title could have been "They went for a hike and nothing bad happened."......more

On the Far Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George, is about a teenage boy that goes off into the woods and lives a life away from modern civilization. In this book Sam’s sister joins him in the wild. Alice builds a tree house then she runs away from her brother. Sam uses his resources to hope......more

Having read this because I needed a short read to finish so that I wouldn't have to take it on my trip and also because it was recommended to me years ago, I suppose this wasn't too bad. I'm pretty far from the intended age group, but if I had read it when I was supposed to, (in fourth grade), I wou......more

I read this with my kids and we all loved it. It’s the follow up to My Side of the Mountain which we also loved. My kids would talk about what the characters would look like and how they pictured everything the whole time. They also said they wished they could see it as a movie. When I want to see a......more