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 bo ok.
\nAdditional copies are available for checkout at BPL and on the Libby app.
\nBook Summary: \;
\nIn this Newbery Honor book\, a thirteen-year-old boy struggles to survive on his o wn in the wilderness of eighteenth-century Maine.
\nWhen Matt's fath er 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 h imself. 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 arrive d. As Attean teaches him more about his own culture\, Matt must come to te rms with what the changing frontier really means. Now with an introduction by critically acclaimed writer Joseph Bruchac about the historical contex t and the relationships between Native peoples and white settlers in the e ighteenth century.
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hel Bright\, Children's Library Specialist - rbright@bentonvillear.com
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