Books with title My Side of the Mountain

Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever. (back cover)

Nate's family has a secret, and it's wrapped up in a song. The problem is, his preacher father hates music, and when he catches Nate hanging around downtown Bristol with musicians like Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family, he comes down hard on him. So Nate sets out in search of himself and the song he thinks will heal his family. Set during the "big bang" of country music in the late 1920s, Nate's journey of self-discovery parallels that of a region finding its voice for the first time.

THE ADVENTURE NEVER ENDS…Nearly a hundred years have passed…and the last of the children finally has what he has always dreamed of…his wings. His destination is ahead of him, but first, he has other places to visit, friendships to renew, and lessons that are far deeper than any he has learned – lessons that will change him in form and appearance in the place where things are not always as they appear.One-by-one, he meets those he loves, and you read of the things they have learned, as well. As he moves over the Forest at the End of the World and The Ocean at the Edge of Forever, he flies towards the place where he has dreamed of going, and he finally ascends upward to the top of the Mountain of the King.What is there to learn on this journey? The deepest, most profound lessons of all. His brother Dylan, his father and mother, his grandparents, his aunts and uncles, family members, and his beloved cousins John Luke and Delaney are there, and he meets them one-by-one.He will also meet Patience, Grace, Gloria, Gladly the bear, Harold, Arnold, Turtle and others from his first and second adventures, and the places he visits this time will add to his stature, as he grows as tall as the messengers. Michael, his First Mate in The Forest at the End of the World, takes him aboard the Fairwinds, and they fly over Mercy Falls. He will eventually see Michael in his true identity: General of the King’s legions of messengers. As the journey continues, you read of the lessons that were learned by Dylan, Delaney and John Luke when they came to the Kingdom, as their experiences prepared them to ascend The Mountain of the King. Jacob also encounters old friends, but now they are moving towards their final forms as he flies closer to the Mountain. What is the revelation that waits for him at the top of the mountain? The answer is the most profound and loving experience in all of eternity, for the Mountain’s top is where eternity truly begins.