Has anyone seen the movie or read the book "My side of the Mountain".
I loved it as a kid. It's about a young teen who lives in NYC and heads out to the woods for a year or so to see if he can survive.
Great to show kids if you got any.
I had my middle son read it for either summer reading or for English a year or two ago. He liked it. I was disappointed to find out it wasn't a true story! When I was a kid, that was the kind of thing I dreamed about doing.
maybe this biographical info on the writer will make you feel better. This is on her website and wikipedia
"Jean Craighead George was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in a family of naturalists, Jean George has centered her life around writing and nature. Her father, mother, brothers, aunts and uncles were students of nature. On weekends they camped in the woods near their Washington, D.C. home, climbed trees to study owls, gathered edible plants and made fish hooks from twigs. Her first pet was a turkey vulture. In third grade she began writing and hasn't stopped yet. She has written over 100 books."
I swear I remember reading somewhere that when she was a little girl she tried to run away and live in the woods, but I can't remember where I read that. Also, this may interest you.
"George wrote four sequels[to My Side of The Mountain]: On the Far Side of the Mountain (1991), Frightful's Mountain (1999), Frightful's Daughter (2002) and Frightful's Daughter Meets the Baron Weasel (2007). This appears to conclude the sequels."
I read the first of those as a kid, but I wasn't aware of others. The one I read was good. Basically his sister wants to live in the woods too. I will have to check out those other 3