false 207569 23 When his father returns East to collect the rest of the family, 13-year-old Matt is left alone to guard his family's newly built homestead. One day, Matt is brutally stung when he robs a bee tree for honey. He returns to consciousness to discover that his many stings have been treated by an old Native American and his grandson. Matt offers his only book as thanks, but the old man instead asks Matt to teach his grandson Attean to read. Both boys are suspicious, but Attean comes each day for his lesson. In the mornings, Matt tries to entice Attean with tales from <I>Robinson Crusoe</I>, while in the afternoons, Attean teaches Matt about wilderness survival and Native American culture. The boys become friends in spite of themselves, and their inevitable parting is a moving tribute to the ability of shared experience to overcome prejudice. <I>The Sign of the Beaver</I> was a Newbery Honor Book; author Elizabeth Speare has also won the Newbery Medal twice, for <I>The Witch of Blackbird Pond</I> and <I>The Bronze Bow</I>. (Ages 12 and older) <I>--Richard Farr</I> 1282066 book 1984 The Sign of the Beaver total:2018|5:450|4:740|3:603|2:150|1:75| 2018 7394 2423 240 3 2 false true Fri Jun 27 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 13:56:51 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 14:01:19 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Aug 04 06:50:54 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 07:02:49 -0700 2009 not only providing a wonderful experience of American backwoods pioneer and Red indian life,it's a story of love, loyalty and choices between and to, family an...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 27 08:11:58 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 29 15:34:32 -0700 2009
This book was a well-written and entertaining boy-coming-of-age-in-nature story in the same genre as books like My Side of the Mountain, Summer of the Monkeys, and Where the Red Fern Grows. However, since it as copyrighted in 1983, and concerns Indians, I couldn't help but be w...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Mar 06 08:59:56 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 09:02:17 -0800 2008 3 1 false false Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 14:01:59 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 18:09:38 -0700 2008 5 1 false false Sun Dec 14 07:34:01 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 12 04:50:07 -0700 2007 Sun Dec 14 07:34:01 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Tue Sep 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Nov 28 11:45:54 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 28 11:56:26 -0800 2008 3
In the very beggining of the book you find out that Matt who has lived in Massachussetts all his life, now ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 15:02:15 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 15:07:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Dec 25 16:05:05 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 25 16:05:05 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 12 17:35:01 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 08:43:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Aug 31 08:11:41 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 17:07:21 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 08:11:41 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Wed Aug 27 11:45:50 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 29 19:30:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 12 17:23:57 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 17:29:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Jun 04 15:03:24 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 15:27:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 15:54:03 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 13:59:17 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 12:23:23 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 12:26:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 13:21:25 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 13:28:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 21 20:14:49 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 20:17:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 18:24:20 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 17 18:26:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Nov 06 05:29:40 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 20:02:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=207569