47 pages 1 hour read

Jean Craighead George

Frightful's Mountain

Fiction | Novel | Middle Grade | Published in 1999

A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.

Chapters 17-19

Chapter Summaries & Analyses

Chapter 17 Summary: “Frightful Feels the Call to the Sky”

Frightful continues to provide food for Oksi, and eventually, a gust of wind helps Oksi take flight again. Just as Oksi is learning to fly, Bando comes to Sam’s mountain to announce the arrival of his baby daughter, whom he and Zella named Samantha. Sam is overwhelmed to have a “namesake” (214).

Meanwhile, Perry Knowlton works to hack Blue Bill and Screamer to freedom. He withholds food from them to encourage them to hunt. On the day that the children from Delhi visit Perry and the birds, a bald eagle attacks Blue Bill. While Perry nurses Blue Bill, Screamer takes flight and his first steps toward independence. Back on Sam’s mountain, Oksi also gains independence and has her first successful hunt. Frightful stays near her offspring and continues to return to Sam’s mountain at night. Blue Bill eventually strikes out on his own as well; although Screamer and Blue Bill were raised in part by Perry, they didn’t imprint on humans. Frightful, however, still feels torn between staying on Sam’s mountain and migrating as the weather changes. Sam wants Frightful to go south as she should and resolves not to feed her in an effort to force her to leave.

Related Titles

By Jean Craighead George

STUDY + TEACHING GUIDE

logo

My Side of the Mountain

Jean Craighead George

My Side of the Mountain

Jean Craighead George

Study Guide

logo

On the Far Side of the Mountain

Jean Craighead George

On the Far Side of the Mountain

Jean Craighead George