Present Books In Pursuance Of The Sign of the Beaver
Original Title: | The Sign of the Beaver ASIN B003JTHWNW |
Edition Language: | English |
Literary Awards: | Newbery Medal Nominee (1984), Scott O'Dell Award (1984), Young Hoosier Book Award Nominee (1983), Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award Nominee (1985), Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee (0) Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (1984), California Young Readers Medal Nominee for Intermediate (1987), Best Children's Books of the Year (Bank Street College of Education) (1983) |
Elizabeth George Speare
Kindle Edition | Pages: 148 pages Rating: 3.81 | 30486 Users | 1709 Reviews
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Title | : | The Sign of the Beaver |
Author | : | Elizabeth George Speare |
Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 148 pages |
Published | : | April 27th 1983 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (first published 1983) |
Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Young Adult. Childrens. Classics |
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It's the time of the American Revolution and new Americans like Matt and his family are heading out to colonize areas of virgin territory.Matt and his father head to Maine territory to stake their claim, which involves declaring their land, building a home and planting crops. Once they've accomplished this, Matt's father is tasked with returning to their home town in Massachusetts to gather Ma, younger sister Sarah, and the new baby, so they may start their lives together in their new home.
In order for Pa to travel to retrieve the rest of the family, he must leave behind Matt to protect their claim.
And poor Matt is only 13, when he realizes that He was alone, with miles of wilderness stretching on every side.
He's alone, without a good dog (theirs has died), and his only gun is stolen by a sketchy trapper in one of the very first chapters.
Shit.
Indians are around, and they're both bitter and bemused by this lonely white boy, defending his wood and mud castle. They have awful lines, like, “Me no see 'um like white man do.”
But there's a dog in the story (owned by the Indian boy) and a fox and a bear, and you can't help but cheer for young Matt, because, frankly, he's been put in a lousy position.
This was a read aloud at our house, a special treat for my 10-year-old (without her 7-year-old sister—much arguing ensued!!), and she's an animal NUTTER, so the dog alone captured her interest.
I'm a dog nut myself, and I own “only” three, because I can't afford to feed more than three the way I do (organic and free range food), but I would own ten if I could. No, I'm not kidding, if I had more money or more land (or staff), I'd happily own 10 dogs.
So. . . the realization of how crucial it was to own a dog hit me hard in this story. I can't even imagine being out in the woods with the bears and stinky humans without a loyal dog.
The moral to the story: a good dog is hard to find.
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Ratings: 3.81 From 30486 Users | 1709 ReviewsRate Regarding Books The Sign of the Beaver
The end was awful. The baby was dead and Attean was gone forever. But the general survival story was pretty neat, but nothing any average person couldn't handle. I had really hoped that Attean would come and stay with Matt for the winter and matts family would never return but hey. I'm not the writer. I'm the reader. I read the book. I was disappointed.It's the time of the American Revolution and new Americans like Matt and his family are heading out to colonize areas of virgin territory.Matt and his father head to Maine territory to stake their claim, which involves declaring their land, building a home and planting crops. Once they've accomplished this, Matt's father is tasked with returning to their home town in Massachusetts to gather Ma, younger sister Sarah, and the new baby, so they may start their lives together in their new home.In
I really enjoyed this adventure with Matt. I wish that my boys had been able to read this one when they were younger. This is just the type of book and hero that my guys love. If you have young men in your life, this would be a wonderful read-aloud together.
Great book for young men! I liked the illustration of "both sides of the story" from the Native American point of view as well as the English settler. I loved the continual comparison to Robinson Crusoe as well as the Bible references and similar Native American version of the story of Noah. I cried when Attean and Matt had to say goodbye. Great story of survival and hope.
I liked this book the begining was "ok" but then it started to get way better!I wanted to keep reading this book because all of us wanted to find out were his parents where they were WAIT! that would be a "spoiler alert" but you would know if you read the book.
I read this book as a kid. Fourth grade maybe, it's hard to remember. All I remember is that I loved it. I loved anything about survival in the wilderness. I had wanted to run away with my dog into the woods as a kid and recall reading this voraciously. I would like to re-read it for my inner-child.
This was an awesome book. I love reading books like this that show how friendships can develop even when you're of different cultures.
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