num_pages: 160
description: In the late eighteenth century, eleven-year-old Matt befriends an Indian boy of the Beaver clan who helps him survive alone in the wilderness.
language: English
title: The Sign of the Beaver
titlecomplete: The Sign of the Beaver
genres: Classics, Adventure, Historical, Childrens, Survival, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 35847
places: Maine
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Newbery Medal, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Scott O'Dell Award, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Young Hoosier Book Award, awardedAt: 473414400000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award, awardedAt: -62167190400000
name: Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis, awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Intermediate, awardedAt: 410256000000
name: Best Children's Books of the Year (Bank Street College of Education)
publisher: Yearling