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The sign of the beaver / Elizabeth George Speare.

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780395338902
  • ISBN: 0395338905
  • ISBN: 9780547577111
  • ISBN: 0547577117
  • Physical Description: 135 pages ; 20 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, [2011]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.9 5 138.
Subject: Frontier and pioneer life > Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America > Juvenile fiction.
Survival > Juvenile fiction.
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life > Fiction.
Indians of North America > North America > Fiction.
Wilderness survival > Fiction.
Friendship > Fiction.
Maine > History > 1775-1865 > Juvenile fiction.
Maine > History > 18th century > Fiction.

Available copies

  • 35 of 41 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Montgomery City Public. (Show)

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 41 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Montgomery City Public Library JF SPE (Text) 31927000015730 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Barry Lawrence - Marionville Library Y FIC SPE (Text) 37884000627616 Youth Fiction Available -
Barry Lawrence - Pierce City Library Y FIC SPE (Text) 37884100951627 Youth Fiction Available -
Bollinger County Library J F SPE (Text) 32713111181278 Young Adult Fiction Available -
Carrollton Public Library FIC I SPE (Text) 30183000015239 YA Classics Available -
Doniphan-Ripley County Library J F SPEAR (Text) 38421100536964 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Douglas County Public Library J F Spe (Text) 35633000002984 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Festus Public Library Int Speare (Text) 32017000013183 Intermediate Books Available -
Grundy County Jewett Norris J SPE (Text) 33577000000999 Fiction (Juvenile) Available -
Henry County - Main Library j [Fic] Sp3E (Text) I0000000270629 Juvenile Fiction Available -

Syndetic Solutions - BookList Review for ISBN Number 9780395338902
The Sign of the Beaver : A Newbery Honor Award Winner
The Sign of the Beaver : A Newbery Honor Award Winner
by Speare, Elizabeth George
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The Sign of the Beaver : A Newbery Honor Award Winner

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From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.

Gr. 5-9. Matt, left by his father in their Maine wilderness cabin, learns to survive with the help of his native American friend, Attean. Through sharing their different skills, the two boys gain friendship and an appreciation of each other's way of life.


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