On the Far Side of the Mountain (1990) is a sequel to the Newbery Honor-winning book "My Side of the Mountain

My Side of the Mountain

My Side of the Mountain is a 1959 children's novel by Jean Craighead George about a boy who learns about nature and himself. The book won the Newbery Honor Award in 1960 and was loosely adapted into a movie in 1969....

", by Jean Craighead George

Jean Craighead George

Jean Craighead George is an American author. She currently lives in Chappaqua, New York.Jean Craighead George has written over one hundred popular books for young adults, including the Newbery Medal and Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis-winning Julie of the Wolves and the Newbery Honor book My Side...

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Plot summary

Sam Gribley is still living peacefully on his secluded mountain in his tree with his sister. But when his falcon Frightful is abruptly taken away by a "conservation officer", and his sister Alice, disappears, life as Sam knows it is abruptly changed. Sam eventually tracks Frightful and Alice across the Catskills

Catskill Mountains

The Catskill Mountains, an area in New York State northwest of New York City and southwest of Albany, are a mature dissected plateau, an uplifted region that was subsequently eroded into sharp relief. They are an eastward continuation, and the highest representation, of the Allegheny Plateau...

to the far side of the mountain, and there he must make the biggest decision of his life: to either set free or take her. Sam then loved the birds of prey, he wanted to get a falconers licenses and become a conservation officer, unlike the imposters that will keep you thinking.

Theme

Jean wrote this for showing you should never harm or take control of endangered spices. For example the falcon in this novel, Frightful.

Setting

This story takes place in modern days in the Catskill Mountains and other mountain ranges.

Genre

This book is realistic fiction because all these things could happen but the characters are not real.

Main Characters

The main character is only Sam Gribley. Alice, and Bando are characters but you don't know much about them and how they feel the whole time.

Conflict

Frightful, Sam's bird, was confiscated so therefore Sam had to hunt himself. The resolution was the people that confiscated her got arrested because they were imposters, but when Sam found Frightful Sam let her free.