num_pages: 135
description: "'Attean learn,' he said. 'White man come more and more to Indian land. White man not make treaty with pipe. White man make signs on paper, signs Indian not know. Indian put mark on paper to show him friend of white man. Then white man take land. Tell Indian cannot hunt on land. Attean learn to read white man's signs. Attean not give away hunting grounds'"
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: Dell