The Sign of the Beaver

Overview

A 1984 Newbery Honor Book Although he faces responsibility bravely, thirteen-year-old Matt is more than a little apprehensive when his father leaves him alone to guard their new cabin in the wilderness. When a renegade white stranger steals his gun, Matt realizes he has no way to shoot game or to protect himself. When Matt meets Attean, a boy in the Beaver clan, he begins to better understand their way of life and their growing problem in adapting to the white man and the changing frontier.Elizabeth George Speare’s Newbery Honor-winning survival story is filled with wonderful detail about living in the wilderness and the relationships that formed between settlers and natives in the 1700s. Now with an introduction by Joseph Bruchac.

Details

Publisher

HarperCollins

Published

1983-04-27

Pages

144

Language

EN

Categories

Juvenile Fiction / Native American, Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories, Juvenile Fiction / Historical / United States / General, Juvenile Fiction / Boys & Men, Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Friendship, Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / Values & Virtues, Juvenile Fiction / Science Fiction / General, Juvenile Fiction / Biographical / United States, Juvenile Fiction / Classics, Juvenile Fiction / Places / Middle East

ISBN-13

9780547348704