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The Sign of the Beaver tells the story of 13-year-old Matthew James "Matt" Hallowell, an 18th-century American settler. He and his father build a log cabin in the wilderness of Maine, then Matt is left alone to guard the cabin and his family's claim to the land while his father heads back to Quincy, Massachusetts to pick up his mother, his sister, and the new baby and bring them back to the cabin.
Apr 27, 1983 · The Sign of the Beaver, Elizabeth George Speare The idea for this book came from a factual story that Elizabeth George Speare discovered in Milo, Maine about a young boy who was left alone for a summer in the wilderness and was befriended by a Native American, named Attean, and his grandfather.
Aug 2, 2011 · The Sign of the Beaver: A Newbery Honor Award Winner Paperback – August 2, 2011 by Elizabeth George Speare (Author) 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 4,246 ratings
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The Sign of the Beaver Summary
The Sign of the Beaver. : Elizabeth George Speare. HarperCollins, Apr 27, 1983 - Juvenile Fiction - 144 pages. 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.
Apr 27, 1983 · The Sign of the Beaver was a Newbery Honor Book; author Elizabeth Speare has also won the Newbery Medal twice, for The Witch of Blackbird Pond and The Bronze Bow. (Ages 12 and older) --Richard Farr From School Library Journal
- Elizabeth George Speare
Jul 1, 1984 · The Sign of the Beaver. Paperback – July 1, 1984. Twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring the rest of the family to their new settlement. When he befriends Attean, an Indian chief’s grandson, he is invited to join the Beaver tribe and move north.
About The Sign of the Beaver. At just 12 years old, Matt must face serious challenges in the Maine wilderness while awaiting his father’s return to their cabin. When he is saved from a terrifying bee swarm attack by an Indian chief and his grandson Attean, Matt gains a valuable friend in the young Indian boy. As the boys become closer and ...
The Sign of the Beaver. Elizabeth George Speare. Houghton Mifflin, 1983 - Friendship - 135 pages. Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills. Until the day his father returns to their cabin in the Maine wilderness, twelve-year-old Matt ...
Mar 13, 2019 · 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 ...
