'Conviction (1)'
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
My Side of the Mountain --I was always sad when the kid was found and taken back to people.
But it's not so much that he gets taken back to people as that people decide to come to him--his family decides to abandon the city and come live in the woods with him. Which I think is a perfectly fine ending.
come live in the woods with him
They do? I must be mis-remembering, the last I remember is him sitting in a car with the sheriff or somebody and being taken out of hte woods.
My Side of the Mountain was D's favorite book growing up. I can't recall if he said there was more than one sequel but there is at least one.
If you guys aren't familiar with A String in the Harp you should really check it out. It was my sister's favorite book but I didn't read it until I moved out here and I loved it.
My favorite book when I was a youth was probably Watership Down.
I also read all the Black Stallion and Marguerite Henry books.
I remember liking Watership Down when I read it for 8th grade Language Arts class, but when I reread it a few years ago, I really loved it! I got so much more out of it this time around. IIRC, back in 1979/80, I thought Hazel was a stuffy hero-type, but on my reread, he turned out to be my favorite character. (But Bigwig totally rocks.)
Marguerite Henry was my favorite author from about 4th to 7th grade. I read all of her books, and my favorite was Born to Trot, about harness racing.
I think I liked King of the Wind best. I'm not sure which I read more, that one or White Stallion of Lipizza.
oh I can't believe I forgot Brighty! And San Domingo was responsible for my girlhood crush on Leif Garrett. I've read 18 of these.
Oh, Marguerite Henry, is there a girl who hasn't devoured those books?
Yeah, King of the Wind, with the happy ending after all that grief.
I loved Marguerite Henry books! And the Black Stallion books - also books by Patsy Gray. There were a number of dog stories that I loved to: Jim Kjelgaard, Albert Payson Terhune.
Oh, Kavik the Wolf-Dog. Snow Chief about a sled dog.