My Side Of The Mountain by Jean Craighead George

This is a book about a boy named Sam Gribly, who is 16 and runs away from home. He goes to the mountains and lives in a tree. He catches a baby duck falcon and names it Frightful. He trains it to hunt rabbit, deer and pheasant. He also lives off of nuts, berries and fish. He sleeps on a bed of ashes and sticks covered by a deer skin. He survived there a whole year through Summer, Fall, Winter and Spring. He also met a few humans in the woods, but they didn't give away his secret. One day his dad comes and tries to take him home. You will have to read the book to find out whether or not he goes.
Mary Rhodes, age 8