Status
Available
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Description
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.
Collections
Publication
Yearling Books (1997), Edition: Later Printing, 135 pages
Subjects
Awards
Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 1986)
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 1985)
Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Award (Nominee — 1986)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 1986)
Massachusetts Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1994)
Sequoyah Book Award (Nominee — Children's — 1986)
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award (Nominee — 1988)
Utah Beehive Book Award (Nominee — Children's Fiction — 1985)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 4-8 — 1985)
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1986)
Cardinal Cup (Honor — 1984)
Buckeye Children's & Teen Book Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 1987)
William Allen White Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1985-1986)
Newbery Medal (Honor Book — 1984)
Vermont Golden Dome Book Award (Nominee)
Mark Twain Readers Award (Nominee)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — 1984)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 1985)
Christopher Award (1984)
Grand Canyon Reader Award (Nominee — 1989)
California Young Reader Medal (Nominee — 1987)
Josette Frank Award (Winner — 1983)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — Juvenile Books — 1988)
Scott O'Dell Award (1984)
Colorado Children's Book Award (Nominee — 1986)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 1986)
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 1983)
Language
Original publication date
1983
Physical description
135 p.; 5.24 x 0.36 inches
ISBN
0440479002 / 9780440479000