In My Side of the Mountain, fourteen-year-old Sam Gribley runs away from New York City to live alone in the Catskill Mountains, where he forages, traps game, and converts a hollowed-out tree into a tiny house. When his father locates him, seven months later, he’s impressed with the life Sam has built; he expresses no anger at Sam’s flight or sadness at his absence. The next day he returns to New York, leaving Sam to continue his wilderness adventure. Sam does not see his family again for another six months.
Loved this book as a child.