My Side of the Mountain
My Side of the MountainJean Craighead George
Characters in My Side of the Mountain
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Sam Gribley
A twelve-year-old boy who leaves New York City to live alone in a hollow tree in the Catskills.
Supporting characters
Frightful
The peregrine falcon Sam trains to hunt for him and keeps as his companion.
The Baron Weasel
A weasel Sam traps and keeps as a pet.
Bando
An English literature professor lost in the woods who becomes a friend and father figure to Sam.
Matt Spell
A teenage aspiring reporter who finds Sam in the woods.
Jesse Coon James
A raccoon whose mussel hunting teaches Sam about food in the wild.