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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.
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This story begins when Matt's father leaves him in768, in the wilds of Maine to over watch their newly built cabin and planted crops. Matt's father is returning home to bring out his mother, sister, and the new baby. Matt is soon to be thirteen year old. He is ill prepared to the loneliness and responsibility of finishing chinking the cabin, growing and harvesting the crops, and getting wood to last the winter. Things take an ugly turn when a shiftless drifter stumbles upon Matt and steals his gun in the night, leaving Matt unable to shoot game for food. With only fish and berries, Matt is worried about surviving the forest alone. Circumstances bring an Indian chief and his grandson into Matt's life. Matt makes a trade to teach the chief's grandson to read in return for wild game from the Indian boy, Attean. Soon it is hard to determine who is teaching whom, as Matt and Attean face many adventures together learning Indian survival skills along the way. When Matt's family does not return, Matt must make a decision of remaining behind by himself to await family that may not be coming or joining with the Indians where he can receive friendship, family, and protection.
I bought this and 2 other native american themed books (Extinction by Sean Hess which was very good and Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelson which was excellent). I would say Sign of the Beaver is very good.
This book is about a young boy who has to take care of his family's homestead in colonial Maine when his father goes back to Massachusetts to get the rest of the family. The boy has his gun stolen by a vagabond. Hungry, the boy climbs a tree to steal a honeycomb from some bees. He is injured when the bees swarm him and he falls out of the tree. A Penobscot man and his son rescue the boy and nurse him back to health. In return for providing him food, the boy agrees to teach the Penobscot boy to read. They start with reading Robinson Crusoe, and the boy discovers he is more Friday than he is Crusoe, as the Penobscot boy teaches him to survive from the wild.
As an adult I enjoyed this book but it is really geared for younger readers. It is very well written but lacks some of the extreme realism I found in the other two books I read.
I love good books to read to my sons at bedtime and this was a real winner. My 9 year old son and I were hooked from the start. His 6yo brother was a little bored, there is a lot of social/relationship stuff and specific period details that he didn't relate too easily. Both of them were astonished to learn that a thirteen year old could be left alone in the wilderness to fend for himself for many weeks. The relationship Matt develops with Attean is spirited, deep, funny, and does a great job being frank about the effects European expansion had on indigenous people in the USA- without being didactic or righteous.
My son read this for his fourth-grade book report. He found the book on Amazon and picked it out, which was surprising to me. His assignment was to find "realistic fiction" that he hadn't read before, so that ruled out the Harry Potter, Star Wars and Wimpy Kid books.
It has the feel of a classic tale, but seems a bit old fashioned in its tone and writing. My Minecraft and YouTube-loving son found it to be boring in some parts, but he got through it and did a great book report.
Matt and his father have gone ahead of the rest of the family to build a cabin on their new land in Maine. Now, his father is returning to Massachusetts to get Matt's mother and siblings, leaving Matt to guard the new home and garden. Matt's dad expects to be gone only seven weeks. What could happen in that time?
First, someone steals the gun that Matt's dad left behind for him. Then Matt meets some of the Indians in the area. The chief wants Matt to teach his grandson, Attean, to read English. Attean is two years older than the twelve-year-old Matt, and Matt looks up to him. As the weeks progress, Attean begins to show Matt how to live off the land. Will that help Matt survive until his family returns?
While this book isn't as famous as the author's two Newbery Award winners, it's still a great read. The characters of Matt and Attean are so real, and watching them change step by step is captivating. Even though I've read this book several times, I had a hard time putting it down on my latest reread.
Really, this is two coming of age stories, Matt's and Attean's. But underneath that is the story of race relations in 1768 Maine. There are so many layers to the story, which is part of what makes it easy to get into the story.
If you are looking for more books b Elizabeth George Speare, definitely pick this one up. You'll be captivated before you know it.
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