My Side of the Mountain parla di un adolescente di nome Sam Gibley. Stanco della vita di città in un appartamento sovraffollato, Sam decide di trovare la terra di famiglia in montagna e vivere da solo. L'avventura di Sam è fatta di coraggio, sopravvivenza e indipendenza.
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FAMILY
LONELINESS
Sam’s family isn’t worried about him, for they know where he was headed and that this was something he needed to do. His father even visited him! At the end of the story, when Sam’s family joins him to live in the woods, the readers learn how truly important they are to one another.
Sam is alone throughout most of the story, but he is not always lonely. In order to pass the time, Sam talks to the animals and doesn’t realize that he misses people until he encounters a person in his space.