My Side of the Mountain gaat over een tienerjongen genaamd Sam Gribley. Moe van het stadsleven in een overvol appartement, besluit Sam om het familieland in de bergen te zoeken en op zichzelf te gaan wonen. Sams avontuur is er een van moed, overleven en onafhankelijkheid.
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Storyboard Tekst
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.