The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

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The Sign of the Beaver

by Elizabeth George Speare

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Details

Pages

135

Word Count

32818

Lexile

770L

4.9

Grade Level

G5 - G6

Genre

Historical Fiction

Summary

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.

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