description: Jean Craighead George returns to the Catskills for the third book in the beloved trilogy about a boy who grows up living off the land, and the peregrine partner who will never be far from his heart. When Sam Gribley learns that it is illegal to harbor an endangered bird of prey, he makes the hardest decision of his life and lets Frightful, his trained peregrine falcon, fly free. But Frightful is not prepared to be a wild bird. She has never had to feed herself, nor does she know how to mate, brood chicks, or migrate in winter. And pulling on her, almost stronger than her will to be free, is a terrible longing for that one mountain among thousands, that one tree among millions--her home with Sam. Can Frightful survive the many dangers that await her in the wild--especially such humanmade traps as the fatal electrical wires where she must not perch? Will she be able to raise a family of her own? Thanks to the remarkable insights of Jean Craighead George, an incomparably gifted nature writer, readers will be able to experience Frightful's suspenseful and triumphant coming-of-age through her own keen falcon eyes in a story that is destined to take its place among the classics of our time.
title: Frightful's Mountain
titlecomplete: Frightful's Mountain
genres: Fiction, Animals, Adventure, Nature, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Classics, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Survival
ratings_count: 5485
series: Mountain
publisher: Recorded Books, LLC