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The Sign of the Beaver BSY129

US$12.95-14.95

When his father returns East to collect the rest of the family, 13-year-old Matt is left alone to guard his family's newly built homestead. One day, Matt is brutally stung when he robs a bee tree for honey. He returns to consciousness to discover that his many stings have been treated by an old Native American and his grandson. Matt offers his only book as thanks, but the old man instead asks Matt to teach his grandson Attean to read. Both boys are suspicious, but Attean comes each day for his lesson. In the mornings, Matt tries to entice Attean with tales from Robinson Crusoe, while in the afternoons, Attean teaches Matt about wilderness survival and Native American culture. The boys become friends in spite of themselves, and their inevitable parting is a moving tribute to the ability of shared experience to overcome prejudice. The Sign of the Beaver was a Newbery Honor Book; author Elizabeth Speare has also won the Newbery Medal twice, for The Witch of Blackbird Pond and The Bronze Bow. Ages 9 and up.

马特和爸爸先来到美国西部开垦荒地,后来爸爸回去接妈妈和妹妹来此团聚,留下马特独自在小木屋里等待。马特逐渐和一名印第安男孩成了好朋友,对方教他如何用印第安的方式捕猎,马特也教那个印第安男孩读书认字。在两个人日益频繁的交往中,马特开始认真思考白人与印第安人之间的差异,懂得了尊重别人的文化及价值观,也警策自己不要让白人的傲慢破坏了大自然的和谐……

By Elizabeth George Speare, Simplified Chinese characters(Paperback), Traditional Chinese characters(Hardcover), 168-224 pages, 8.15"x5.75"
 
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