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Frightful's Mountain
by Jean Craighead George
One of my brothers has loved My Side of the Mountain for years! He’s always been intrigued by the idea of living off the land in the wilds somewhere, and though I’ve certainly enjoyed hearing about it in different books, I can’t say as that’s my ideal of a life. Still, it’s been fun to watch him explore, and share the stories with him. Frightful’s Mountain is a sequel to My Side of the Mountain, and recently we got to listen to it together. What a story!
I’m not really the “animal rights” type (although I think we should care for those around us), and though that sort of a viewpoint came out fairly regularly in this story, I still enjoyed the overall theme. The book is from the perspective of a peregrine falcon. Even though it’s from this more unusual perspective, it fits the story well and the bird isn’t treated as if it were a human. This is Frightful’s story from the time she was released (after being captured and almost sold off to Saudi Arabia) until she began to find her place in the wild. In My Side of the Mountain, we hear about her beginning—when she was captured as a chick and raised by a boy who lived on the mountain. Now, as an adult, Frightful has no idea how to live like a normal peregrine should—she thinks she’s a human! This gets her into a lot of trouble, and many different scrapes, as she tried to come to understand her world and what she is supposed to do in it.
I loved how realistically Frightful was portrayed. Her hardships in life were described perfectly; I always felt like I was right there, watching everything as it happened. Frightful’s Mountain was a very well-written book. As I mentioned before, it is a little on the “animal rights” side, it seems like, but I’m also not sure how else this book could be written. It was an interesting, sometimes sad, but in the end satisfying story. Recommended if you love animals, or are intrigued by living off the land! This is a good book!
I’m not really the “animal rights” type (although I think we should care for those around us), and though that sort of a viewpoint came out fairly regularly in this story, I still enjoyed the overall theme. The book is from the perspective of a peregrine falcon. Even though it’s from this more unusual perspective, it fits the story well and the bird isn’t treated as if it were a human. This is Frightful’s story from the time she was released (after being captured and almost sold off to Saudi Arabia) until she began to find her place in the wild. In My Side of the Mountain, we hear about her beginning—when she was captured as a chick and raised by a boy who lived on the mountain. Now, as an adult, Frightful has no idea how to live like a normal peregrine should—she thinks she’s a human! This gets her into a lot of trouble, and many different scrapes, as she tried to come to understand her world and what she is supposed to do in it.
I loved how realistically Frightful was portrayed. Her hardships in life were described perfectly; I always felt like I was right there, watching everything as it happened. Frightful’s Mountain was a very well-written book. As I mentioned before, it is a little on the “animal rights” side, it seems like, but I’m also not sure how else this book could be written. It was an interesting, sometimes sad, but in the end satisfying story. Recommended if you love animals, or are intrigued by living off the land! This is a good book!