The Sign of the Beaver
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Author | Elizabeth George Speare |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Children's historical novel |
Publisher | Houghton Mifflin |
Publication date
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February 1983 |
Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) & Audio Book |
Pages | 135 |
ISBN | 0-395-33890-5 |
OCLC | 9219453 |
LC Class | PZ7.S7376 Si 1983 |
Preceded by | The Prospering |
The Sign of the Beaver is a children's historical novel by American author Elizabeth George Speare, which has won numerous literary awards. It was published in February 1983, and has become one of her most popular works.
The idea for this book came from a factual story that Elizabeth George Speare discovered in Milo, Maine[1] 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.[2]
Plot
The Sign of the Beaver tells the story of a 12-year-old boy, Matt James Halloway, and his father, who, as early settlers, together build a log cabin in the wilderness of 18th-century North America. Matt is left alone to guard the cabin and his family's claim of land while his father heads back east to pick up his mother and sister and bring them back to the cabin. Still alone, Matt gets the help from a Native American named Attean. Attean and his family help Matt survive while being alone. In the book he eventually gets his father's rifle stolen by a stranger named Ben.
Awards
- 1983 Josette Frank Award (won)[3]
- 1984 Christopher Award (won)[4][5]
- 1984 A Booklist Editors' Choice (won)[5][6]
- 1984 Horn Book Fanfare (won)[7]
- 1984 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction (won)[8]
- 1984 An American Library Association Notable Children's Book citation[5][6]
- 1984 An American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults citation[5][6]
- 1983–1984 Young Hoosier Book Award (nominee) [9]
- The New York Times Best Book of the Year [5][6]
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- 1983 novels
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- Children's historical novels
- Newbery Honor-winning works
- American novels adapted into films
- Novels set in Maine
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- Novels set in the 1760s
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