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Summary: The Review of the Beaver
Review: "THE SIGN OF THE BEAVER" is a adventure packed book that Justin really likes. It's about a family that is moving up to Maine in the late 1700's. Matt's dad left him at the cabin, while he went back to get the rest of the family back in Quincy, Massachusetts. Matt who is 12 years old decides to get honey from a bee's hive in a tree and instead he gets stung. Two indians save him and supply him with food for a while. The Chief Saknis and his grandson Attean help him back to full health. saknis asks Matt if he would teach Attean how to read and so Matthew Hallowell does. Attean also teaches Matt a lot of very usefull survival skills. He teaches Matt how to catch rabits with a snare and how to make a wood fish hook quickly and made well. Attean also shows him the signs of other indian tribes and warns him not to tresspass and to mark your path with like a broken branch or two rocks ontop of each other. Matt has a fun time but he can't get Attean to be proud of him. When Mr.Hallowell (Matt's dad) dosn't come after three weeks when he sould have Saknis asks Matt if he wants to come with them because his dad might not come back. Matt does wonder if he sould go North with Attean or stay and wate for his dad. What will he decide? It's a mind-unsettling question. Read to figure out what Matt decides and what happens after that...
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Summary: You must read this book it is great!
Review: I am reading a book called "The Sign Of The Beaver. I think it is a great book because of all the excitement it brings to me!!!! This book will take you on adventures that you won`t forget. It will leave you hanging at the end of the chapter so you want to read on. It is a fast book to read but you want to keep reading about Matt`s (the main character in the story) adventures and his troubles with Attean!! I love this suspensful book and would like to recommend it to you. I thought it was boring at first but when Matt came upon the BEES it became more and more exiting when the INDIAN saved his life. (Matt was scared at first but then realized that Indians aren`t bad at all). Matt ended up teaching Attean (the Indian boy) to read and they became very close friends, in fact, almost brothers. Well I don't want to spoil the rest of the story so if this book sounds interesting TO YOU you can go buy this book at any store and I hope you have reading this adventures, exiting and funny book!!!!
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Summary: Sign of the Beaver!!! The best book ever!!!
Review: I read this book aloud to my children and we all loved it! It is an exciting tale of life on the frontier from a young boys perspective. It was a story of friendship and survival. I don't see how this book could possibly harm anyone. Reading some other reviews written,they paint an ugly picture of what it was about. There were things that were reality back then that were sad and unfortunate but why make like it didn't happen? The Native Americans in this book were heros. It was great to see how skilled they were in making tools and surviving in the woods. What is wrong with that? I highly recommend this book. My 9 and 8 year olds were hanging on every word and couldn't wait to read again. (Perhaps the environment that the reading took place wasn't good for some of the other readers. I can't figure it out. We never saw the movie either.) It was a great intro to study of native americans. We built a teepee and made bows and arrows and have an even greater respect for the indians. It was a wonderful book that sparks the imagination and truly give the reader a love for the Native American way of life.
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Summary: The Sign of the Beaver
Review: Matt's family is moving to Maine. Matt and his dad must go to Maine to build the cabin. His dad then will go back and collect the rest of the family. Matt must stay behind and watch the corn and cabin. Matt's dad tells him that they'll be back in seven or eight weeks. While they are gone Matt must learn many things about the forest. He might not have lasted the time without Attean. Attean is an Indian of the beaver tribe that Matt meets very soon after his dad has left. Attean teaches Matt many secrets of the forest. Ten weeks of adventuring have gone by and the Indians are going to leave soon. The worst part about it was that Matt's parents have not yet returned. What will happen to Matt? Read The Sign of the Beaver to find out. I would recommend this book to ages eight and up. I would give this book a nine out of ten.
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Summary: Saved by Attean
Review: Matt's father left him alone to guard the cabin. He has to tade care of himself. His father went to get their family, so Matt has to stay in the wilderness and wait for his family. Attean, the Indian shows him to get food so Matt won't get hungry. I like the book because it takes place in the wilderness. I like how they made Matt try to get the honey from the bee hive. I don't like it when the white man stole Matt's gun. Matt should have followed him. Comparing to Tuck Everlasting The Sign Of The Beaver takes place in the wilderness, and Tuck Everlasting takes place in the woods. In Tuck Everlasting there are no indians, it has traps from Indians, in other place there are white man's trap too. Tuck Everlasting has more characters. I would give Tuck Everlasting 4 stars because I like how they made the spring water, how the cow made the trail around the woods, how Winnie ran away and she went in the woods, met Tucks, and how Winnie took Mae's spot when Mae was in the jail. I would give the Sign Of The Beaver 4 stars too because they add a lot of detail in the wilderness such as how Matt has to take care of himself, when the bees chase after him, and how Matt tried to teach Attean how to read.
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Summary: Interesting.
Review: My child started having problems in school and came home in tears after being assigned to read and watch sign of the Beaver a fictional history that perpetuates negative stereotypes of Native Americans as well as misleads and romantisizes the colonial period. This book has detrimental effects on Native Children and as an educator I can not recommend purchasing such a book, unless the teachers plan on having deep discussions and critical thinking assignments involved on a daily basis after each reading.
I would however recommend "We are Mesquakie We are One" by Hadley Irwin still slightly romantisized, it give a Native point of View on removal and west ward expansion. The combination of these two books might be a great critical thinking lesson for students.
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Summary: A fifth grade reading book
Review: Sign of the Beaver is about a boy named Matt that lives in the woods with his father. One day his father leaves while he is sleeping. He knows where he went. A month later he met some Indians and started to read a book to a Indian. The book was about the dad leaving and an Indian helping out. I think this is a great book! Matt thinks that the Indan (Attean) is very inpolite. But the more Matt and Attean are around each other they get used to one another and become good friends, and Attean teaches Matt to hunt. He never finds his father, but he finds a good friend and he is no longer afraid or alone.At the end his father comes back with his family and they lived a new life.I hope you love this book!!!
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Summary: Very good book!
Review: The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare is a very good book. It is about a boy named Matt who moves to Maine from Massachusetts with his father in the 1600s. His father goes back to get his mother, sister, and a newborn baby Matt hasn't even seen! One day Matt is climbing a bee tree to get honey when the bees attack! He runs towards the river and jumps in. He is pulled from the river by an old indian chief named Saknis. Saknis nurses him back to health. Saknis signs a treaty with Matt saying that Matt should teach his grandson, Attien, to read. Matt agrees. So Matt semi-teaches Attien to read. He tries to explain things like "A is for arm" so Attien can understand. Matt shows a page from Robinson Crusoe to Attien. Attien thinks white men are morons for printing "arm" all over the page- he thinks each "A" stands for arm. Matt decides to read Robinson Crusoe to Attien. But they explore the forest more than they read. I like the way Elizabeth George Spear brings you into the story and makes you feel like you are there, right in the action. I didn't think the book was long enough. If it was longer it would have been great! I learned from this book that courage is not skin deep. I also learned what it was like to live in the wilderness of Maine in the 1600s. I learned what it was like in an indian village in the 1600s. I recommend this book to people who like very intruguing books, books that can take you to another place, books that can take you to another world or another time in history. Review by Jacob Gilden, Mr. Seely's 4th grade, Duniway School, Protland, Oregon
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Summary: The Sign Of The Beaver
Review: This is a good book. In the begining it is boring but keep on reading because it becomes fasinating. Matt's family leaves and
Matt has to watch over the cabbin. Soon after they leave, a guy named ben came and stole Matt's gun. The Native American tribe (the beaver tribe) found matt and helped him. He becomes good friends with Attean (someone from the beaver tribe). But soon Attean and his tribe have to leave and they ask Matt to come with them and matt says.............Wait i'm not going to tell you how it ends if I told you it would be a total waste because the book is better. So read The Sign Of The Beaver and you'll find out. This book is an adventure book and also fun book. I just didn't want to put it down. So read this book and I hope you feel the same way I do!!
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Summary: We love it!
Review: We first checked out this audio-tape out from the library when my son was 7. He loved it on that first long car trip, and we have checked it out 3 more times since then. Today, I bought it on Amazon.com for our trip this summer.
If you have a boy (or girl) who likes to listen to stories, this is a great one. As a Mom, I like that the boy learns to survive, works hard, and shows respect for others and their culture......a great role model for young kids today.
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