The Sign of the Beaver: A Newbery Honor Award WinnerHardcover, 27 April 1983

Left alone to guard the family's wilderness home in eighteenth-century Maine, a boy is hard-pressed to survive until local Indians teach him their skills. "Matt joins other memorable characters, Kit, Julie, and Karana, finding his inner strength and values in a changing world in this well-written and fast-reading story." -- School Library Journal, starred review