Comments:

Dandy - 2006-05-18 13:27:30
I loved My Side of the Mountain too. I must have read that book 4 or 5 times throughout my childhood.
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lemming - 2006-05-18 13:54:31
With assistance, AJ could handle (and likely love) Crusoe. AWESOME story, even with its racial issues, etc.
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elgan - 2006-05-18 15:03:39
If I may, I�d like to recommend Lost in the Barrens and The Curse of the Viking Grave by Farley Mowat, the Canadian author. The first is the story of two boys lost in the barrens and how they survive an arctic winter, the second is a sequel concerning artificats they find and their return to the �scene of the crime�.
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elgan - 2006-05-18 15:04:47
Argh! A-R-T-I-F-A-C-T-S
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eileen - 2006-05-18 16:17:17
Loved My Side of the Mountain. My Dad bought it for me during a time when Baby-Sitters Club were the only things I wanted to read. I remember spending summer vacation curled up fantasizing about living such independence (in a hollowed out tree with a pet falcon no less).
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Kelley2 - 2006-05-18 22:39:58
Alone sounds so lovely, doesn't it? I loved Robinson Crusoe. My favorite though is A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett -- she's not alone, not physically, but the transformation of daily drudgery to magic was wonderful. Another is Mandy by Julie Edwards (Julie Andrews' real name). Again, a child making a place for herself in a world where she seems to have no-one. I still think alone sounds lovely though.
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