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Frightful's mountain / written and illustrated by Jean Craighead George ; with a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

George, Jean Craighead, 1919-2012 (author,, illustrator.).

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.

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]

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, 9/1/1999
Horn Book Guide, 4/2000
New York Times Review of Books, 11/21/1999
Publisher's Weekly, 10/18/1999
School Library Journal, 9/1999
Voice 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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Subject:
Peregrine falcon > Juvenile fiction.
Falcons > Juvenile fiction.
Wildlife conservation > Juvenile fiction.
New York (State) > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.

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