Laura's+summary+of+My+Side+Of+The++Mountain

In the book My Side of The Mountain, Sam gribley wants to run away, not because his parents are mean, it's just so he can experience some life out side the big city of New York. His father ran away and told Sam every boy should run away. So Sam runs away to go live in the catskills mountains where his great grandfather lived long ago,but he does not want to live in the old farm because it would attract tourist. so sam made a house in a tree and lived in there. sam caught fish and ate nuts and roots. one day sam stole a baby halk he named her frightfulshe also caught meat and food for sam and was always a friend. while he was living in the catskill mountain sam met a lot of people, like a hiker who got lost and found and rested at sams fire. his name was baldo. he came almost every holiday and hlped sam with things. his father also came up to and a news paper writer dthat says he wouldn't write anything about sam, but he does. one day sam is sad because all the news paper and news are asking questions about him living in the moutains.the next day his whole family comes up the moutain. sam is very happy except that his mom wants a house and sam still wants to live in his tree house.