Frightful's mountain /

George, Jean Craighead (1919-2012)

Frightful's mountain / written and illustrated by Jean Craighead George ; with a foreword by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. - This edition first published in 2001 - New York : Scholastic, 1999. - 258 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

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As she grows through the first years of her life in the Catskill Mountains of New York, a peregrine falcon called Frightful interacts with various humans, including the boy who raised her, a falconer who rescues her, and several unscrupulous poachers, as well as with many animals that are part of the area's ecological balance.

710
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0525461663

99032932


Peregrine falcon--Juvenile fiction.
Peregrine falcons--Fiction.

PZ10.G316 F

813.54