{"title":"Novels","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"my-side-of-the-mountain","title":"My Side of the Mountain","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003eMy Side of the Mountain: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" size=\"3\"\u003eThe Classic Story of Wilderness Survival\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"\u003eThe first of the trilogy, this incredible fictional children's novel written by \u003cspan\u003eJean Craighead George is a great book for every cooped up, yearning for the wild, nature-loving child. A story of a kid, his falcon, and the mountain. Purchase yours today to help support The Peregrine Fund's mission to conserve birds of prey worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods—all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, forty dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"\u003e178 pages, 5 x 7 3\/4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"\u003eB\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"\u003eAges 8–12\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":23194601259093,"sku":"","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0094\/6706\/8501\/files\/My_Side_d5858999-ab51-424a-97d9-6d677d191753.png?v=1783528820"},{"product_id":"frightfuls-mountain","title":"On the Far Side of the Mountain","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003eOn the Far Side of the Mountain\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"\u003eThe second of the trilogy, this incredible fictional children's novel written by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"\u003eJean Craighead George is a great book for every cooped up, yearning for\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"\u003e the wild, nature-loving child. Purchase yours today to help support The Peregrine Fund's mission to conserve birds of prey worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"\u003e\"Two years ago, Sam ran away from New York City to live in the Catskill Mountains. Now his younger sister Alice has joined him and is quietly living in a tree house of her own nearby. Their peaceful life is shattered when a conservation officer confiscates Sam’s falcon, Frightful, and Alice suddenly vanishes. Sam leaves his home to search for Alice, hoping to find Frightful, too. 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Purchase yours today to help support The Peregrine Fund's mission to conserve birds of prey worldwide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"\u003e\"Sam Gribley has been told that it is illegal to harbor an endangered bird, so when his beloved falcon, Frightful, comes home, he has to let her go. But Frightful doesn’t know how to live alone in the wild. She can’t feed herself, mate, brood chicks, or migrate. Frightful struggles to survive and learns to enjoy her new freedom. 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According to revolutionary new research, some birds rival primates and even humans in their remarkable forms of intelligence. In The Genius of Birds, acclaimed author Jennifer Ackerman explores their newly discovered brilliance and how it came about.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs she travels around the world to the most cutting-edge frontiers of research, Ackerman not only tells the story of the recently uncovered genius of birds but also delves deeply into the latest findings about the bird brain itself that are shifting our view of what it means to be intelligent. 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