Frightful's mountain

George, Jean Craighead 1919-2012 (Author).

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.

Item details

ISBN: 0525461663
ISBN: 9780525461661
ISBN: 9780756908539
ISBN: 0756908531
ISBN: 0141312351
ISBN: 9780141312354
ISBN: 9780329565602
ISBN: 0329565605
Physical Description: print
xii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Dutton Children's Books, ©1999.
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Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note:

Frightful Takes Off -- Frightful Goes to Falcon School -- The Eyases Get on Wing -- The Wilderness Tests the Eyases -- Frightful Peregrinates -- Frightful Finds the Enemy -- Disaster Leads to Survival -- Hunger Is Frightful's Teacher -- Frightful Finds Sam -- There Are Eggs and Trouble -- The Kids Are Heard -- There Are Three -- Sam Takes Charge -- Sam Battles Bird Instincts -- A Pal Finds a Pal -- Frightful and Oksi Run the Show -- Frightful Feels the Call to the Sky -- The Earth Calls Frightful -- Destiny Is on Wing.

Study Program Information Note:

Accelerated Reader AR UG 4.7 8.0 2114.

Reading Counts RC 6-8 5.1 13 Quiz: 21535 Guided reading level: U.

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Peregrine falcon Juvenile fiction
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JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Birds
JUVENILE FICTION / Nature & the Natural World / General (see also headings under Animals)

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