That guy from Into the Wild may have read this book a few too many times as a kid. ( )

Read for Newbery club in Children's group. Seems implausible to me, and yes I did grow up rural and so I do know a bit about living off the land. ( )

First read in elementary school and has been a favorite ever since ( )

Runaway Sam Gribley is surviving in the Catskill Mountains with only a penknife, a ball of cord, $40, and some flint and steel. Along the way, he learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that will change his life forever.

It is an adventurous book, and I learned some new things from it. It is about a boy who runs away and lives in a tree that he howled out. He scavenges for food and makes things that are essential for living out of natural things like wood. It is a really good book that my brother and I enjoyed reading.