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My side of the Mountian

Follow Sam's courageous escape into the wilderness, where nature becomes his teacher and companion, revealing truths about himself. Learn about the challenges and growth he experiences in this captivating nonfiction narrative.

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My side of the Mountian

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  1. My side of the Mountian By :Jennie, Mary, Sam, Wyatt, John

  2. Genre • The genre of the book is nonfiction . The book is about Sam’s account of his life in the wild and what he learns about the wilderness –and himself -in the process

  3. Point of View • This book is in first person. In the beggning of the book says “When I was in elementery school , I ran away.

  4. Plot • Sam ran away from home. When he was in elementary school, he told his mom he was going to run away.

  5. Setting • It takes place outside in the Catskills Mountains . There is a lot of wilderness and nature. There is a lot of streams and rivers. He is sometimes in his house and in the city. His house is a tree.

  6. Character Development • Sam is the main character .Sam is brave ,helpful , smart ,and nice. Sam was scared in the begening but now he is not. Sam was scared because he was living alone , but now he found somebody to talk to.

  7. Vocabulary Brisk-fast-brisk is the best Crude-in natural or raw state-crude flower pots Bando-defensife unarmed martial art from mynmar Hard-solid-a hard brisk Heck-surprise-heck no! Bottom-the lowest point or part-Bottom of the stream Deep-extending far down-deep undercut banks Bank-the land alondside Rotten-suffering from decay Pairs-a set of two

  8. Science Connections • The Peregrine Falcon, also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae.

  9. Community Connection • Lots of people run away from home. Sam ran away from home. Running away is a serious problem. According to the National Runaway Switchboard, an organization that takes calls and helps kids who have run away or are thinking of running away, 1 in 7 kids between the ages of 10 and 18 will run away at some point. And there are 1 million to 3 million runaway and homeless kids living on the streets in the United States.

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  11. The End

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