num_pages: 135
description: Twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring the rest of the family to their new settlement. When he befriends Attean, an Indian chief's grandson, he is invited to join the Beaver tribe and move north. Should Matt abandon his hopes of ever seeing his family again and go on to a new life?
language: English
title: The Sign of the Beaver
titlecomplete: The Sign of the Beaver
genres: Fiction, Historical, Adventure, School, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Classics, Childrens, Survival, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 35848
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