![]() ![]() ![]() Matt learns from Attean more than merely how to survive in the woods, and what begins as a resentful relationship soon turns into a friendship that, although awkward, is binding and true. When Matt finds himself living alone in his cabin without a gun and needing to gather provisions for his soon-to-arrive family for winter, he is forced to learn things all on his own, until one day an aged Indian convinces Matt to trade survival training for English lessons for his grandson, Attean, roughly Matt’s age. The Sign of the Beaver follows Matt, a boy of 13 who finds himself alone in the deep woods of Maine in the late 18th century, land which had been completely uninhabited by white men before him but which had served as the hunting grounds for the Beaver clan of Indians. While The Beaver did not offer as much character-building as I remember The Bronze Bow had done (as much of the protagonist as of the reader, mind you), I still enjoyed it for its simple plot structure and its emphasis on the topics of friendship, independence, and thinking for one’s self. That book became the first book I had ever re-read, so when I got a hold of The Sign of the Beaver, I was excited to see if it would have a similar impact on me, even though I am now no longer an early teen. I’m right proud of you.”įrom my early teen years, Elizabeth George Speare has been my favorite young adult author, specifically because of her book The Bronze Bow, an adventurous set in the time of Christ. “You’ve handled yourself like a man, Son. ![]()
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