The Sign of the aver by Elabeth George Sare

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. Elizabeth George Speare?s Newbery Honor-winning survival story is filled with wonderful detail about living in the wilderness and the relationships that formed between settlers and natives in the 1700s. Now with an introduction by Joseph Bruchac.

Author: Elizabeth George Speare

Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers

Publication Date: April 27, 1983

Number of Pages: 144 pages

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover

ISBN-10: 0395338905

ISBN-13: 9780395338902