‘Should appeal to all durable individualists who imagine escape towards the forest.’-The NY Times Book Review

Sam Gribley is certainly terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family members, so he works away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods-all by himself. With just a penknife, a ball of cable, forty dollars, plus some flint and steel, he intends to endure on his own. Sam learns about courage, risk, and independence during his season in the wilderness, a season that adjustments his life forever.

“An extraordinary book . It will be read year after year.”

-The Horn Book