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Frightful's mountain : My Side of the Mountain/ written and illustrated by Jean Craighead George ; with a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon called Frightful interacts with various humans, including the boy who raised her, a falconer who rescues her, and several unscrupulous poachers, as well as with many animals that are part of the area's ecological balance.
Record details
- ISBN: 0525461663
- ISBN: 9780525461661
- ISBN: 9780756908539
- ISBN: 0756908531
- ISBN: 9780141312354
- ISBN: 0141312351
- ISBN: 9780329565602
- ISBN: 0329565605
- Physical Description: xii, 258 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Dutton Children's Books, c1999.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Frightful Takes Off -- Frightful Goes to Falcon School -- The Eyases Get on Wing -- The Wilderness Tests the Eyases -- Frightful Peregrinates -- Frightful Finds the Enemy -- Disaster Leads to Survival -- Hunger Is Frightful's Teacher -- Frightful Finds Sam -- There Are Eggs and Trouble -- The Kids Are Heard -- There Are Three -- Sam Takes Charge -- Sam Battles Bird Instincts -- A Pal Finds a Pal -- Frightful and Oksi Run the Show -- Frightful Feels the Call to the Sky -- The Earth Calls Frightful -- Destiny Is on Wing. |
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| Subject: | Peregrine falcon > Juvenile fiction. Falcons > Fiction. Wildlife conservation > Fiction. New York (State) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Juvenile works Animal fiction. Fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scottsboropl | JF Geo | 32269000592512 | Juvenile - Fiction | Available | - |
| Foreword. | ix | |
| Frightful Takes Off. | 5 | |
| Frightful Goes to Falcon School. | 20 | |
| The Eyases Get on Wing. | 32 | |
| The Wilderness Tests the Eyases. | 42 | |
| Frightful Peregrinates. | 50 | |
| Disaster Leads to Survival. | 69 | |
| Hunger Is Frightful's Teacher. | 82 | |
| Frightful Finds Sam. | 92 | |
| There Are Eggs and Trouble. | 112 | |
| The Kids Are Heard. | 123 | |
| There Are Three. | 136 | |
| Sam Takes Charge. | 151 | |
| Sam Battles Bird Instincts. | 160 | |
| A Pal Finds A Pal. | 172 | |
| Frightful and Oksi Run the Show. | 195 | |
| Frightful Feels the Call to the Sky. | 211 | |
| The Earth Calls Frightful. | 226 | |
| Destiny Is on Wing. | 245 | |
| Afterword. | 257 |
