Frightful's mountain / written and illustrated by Jean Craighead George ; with a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon called Frightful interacts with various humans, including the boy who raised her, a falconer who rescues her, and several unscrupulous poachers, as well as with many animals that are part of the area's ecological balance.
Record details
- ISBN: 0525461663
- ISBN: 9780525461661
- ISBN: 9780141312354
- ISBN: 0141312351
- Physical Description: xii, 258 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: New York : Dutton Children's Books, [1999]
- Copyright: ©1999
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Frightful Takes Off 5 -- Frightful Goes to Falcon School 20 -- Eyases Get on Wing 32 -- Wilderness Tests the Eyases 42 -- Frightful Peregrinates 50 -- Frightful Finds the Enemy 62 -- Disaster Leads to Survival 69 -- Hunger Is Frightful's Teacher 82 -- Frightful Finds Sam 92 -- There Are Eggs and Trouble 112 -- Kids Are Heard 123 -- There Are Three 136 -- Sam Takes Charge 151 -- Sam Battles Bird Instincts 160 -- A Pal Finds a Pal 172 -- Frightful and Oksi Run the Show 195 -- Frightful Feels the Call to the Sky 211 -- Earth Calls Frightful 226 -- Destiny Is on Wing 245.
- Citation/References Note:
- Booklist, 9/1/1999Horn Book Guide, 4/2000New York Times Review of Books, 11/21/1999Publisher's Weekly, 10/18/1999School Library Journal, 9/1999Voice of Youth Advocate, 6/2000
- Target Audience Note:
- Ages 8-12.710L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.7 8 2114.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | JUV FIC GEORGE (Text) | 36015001421904 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Alleghany Public Library | JF GEORGE (Text) | 30664100319067 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Ashe County Public Library | J GEO (Text) | 50503300050194 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Avery County Morrison Public Library | JFIC GEO (Text) | 31111001763453 | Juvenile Fiction Series | Available | - |
| Barco Library | J F GEO (Text) | 39488200470799 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Branch | J George (Text) | 34269000942731 | Juvenile Fiction | Checked out | 08/21/2026 |
| Black Mountain Library | J/PBK (Text) | 0020513859890 | Juvenile Fiction Paperback | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | J GEORGE (Text) | 37807000008845 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | J George (Text) | 540191001331125 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Bryan Memorial Library | J F Geo (Text) | 810191001992404 | Juvenile New Fiction | Available | - |
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Summary:
As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon called Frightful interacts with various humans, including the boy who raised her, a falconer who rescues her, and several unscrupulous poachers, as well as with many animals that are part of the area's ecological balance.
