My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead George

(Paperback, 177 pages, first published in 1959)

Terribly unhappy in his family's crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the solitude—and danger—of the mountains, where he finds a side of himself he never knew.

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Recommended Age: 10-14