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Every kid thinks about running away at one point or another; few get farther than the end of the block. Young Sam Gribley gets to the end of the block and keeps going--all the way to the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. There he sets a up house in a huge hollowed-out tree, with a falcon and a weasel for companions and his wits as his tool for survival. In a spellbinding, touching, funny account, Sam learns to live off the land, and grows up a little in the process. Blizzards, hunters, loneliness, and fear all battle to drive Sam back to city life. But his desire for freedom, independence, and adventure is stronger. No reader will be immune to the compulsion to go right out and start whittling fishhooks and befriending raccoons.

本书荣获1960年纽伯瑞儿童文学奖银奖。相信许多小孩都有过离家出走的念头，但仅仅是念头。也许有的孩子真的独自离开过家门，不过，他们只是离家一两个小时，或去网吧、车站、公园、街道等地方。最实际的问题是：离家后如何生活？找什么工作？住在哪儿？一般来说，离家的孩子都是跑了再说，不会考虑太多。但无论如何，大多数梦想出走的孩子选择的地方都是到一个大城市生活吧。而本书的小主人公山姆偏偏逆向思考，在获得父母的同意下，带着最简单的野外求生工具，离开纽约这个大城市，回到曾祖父荒废的克斯奇山的农场，尝试独立的野外生活。那么，小山姆是否能逐渐适应野人般的探险生活呢？在这段山居岁月里，他有了哪些危险经历，又积累了哪些野外求生经验呢？最让读者感到意外的，还是本书的精彩结局！