This is a reading/writing assignment that goes along with the book My Side of the Mountain, by Jean Craighead Speare (AR level 5.2, worth 6 points). This is a coming-of-age story about a boy who leaves his urban, New York life and large family to go live in the mountains on his great-grandfather's abandoned land. While learning how to survive on his own, he meets many animal friends and has a few visitors along the way.This is one of eight books from my Survival Book Club unit. You can assign th