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Cover to Cover Book Club

for Kids

Kids in grades 4-6 are invited to read, think, and share ideas about great books. This month, we're talking about Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare.

The first 12 participants to register will receive a free copy of the book, generously purchased by the Friends of the Library. You must attend the book club meeting in order to keep the book.

Additional copies are available for checkout at BPL and on the Libby app.

Book Summary: 

In this Newbery Honor book, a thirteen-year-old boy struggles to survive on his own in the wilderness of eighteenth-century Maine.

When Matt's father leaves him on his own to guard their new cabin in the wilderness, Matt is scared but determined to be brave and prove that he can take care of himself. And things are going fine until a white stranger steals his gun, leaving Matt defenseless and unable to hunt for his food. Then Matt meets Attean, a Native boy from the Beaver tribe, and soon learns that people called the land around him home long before the white settlers ever arrived. As Attean teaches him more about his own culture, Matt must come to terms with what the changing frontier really means. Now with an introduction by critically acclaimed writer Joseph Bruchac about the historical context and the relationships between Native peoples and white settlers in the eighteenth century.

Questions? Email Rachel Bright, Children's Library Specialist - rbright@bentonvillear.com
 

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