On the Far Side of the Mountain: I Go Backwards in Order to Go Forwards–Zella Makes Sense

In this sequel to My Side of the Mountain, Sam Gribley's sister Alice joins her brother in the Catskill Mountains. But when Alice disappears and Sam's beloved falcon is taken away, he must fight to get them back.

Here are links to our lists for the novel: A Storm Breaks–A Trade Comes My Way, I Go Backwards in Order to Go Forwards–Zella Makes Sense, I Learn to Think Like a Pig–I Get News of Alice, The Dawn Breaks over Me–A Bird Talks to Me

Here are links to our lists for the My Side of the Mountain trilogy by Jean Craighead George: My Side of the Mountain, On the Far Side of the Mountain, Frightful's Mountain

And here is a link to Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George.

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