Summary: The Sign Of The Beaver

Have you ever made a decision that would not only affect your future but greatly affect someone else’s? In the book The Sign of the Beaver, Matt’s father had to make one of these tough decisions.
Matt’s father bought land in the wilderness of Maine for his family to settle. He and his son left his wife and daughter back in Massachusetts to prepare their property. Together Matt and his father cleared the land, built a cabin, and planted corn. Matt’s father traveled back to Massachusetts to fetch his wife and daughter leaving Matt by himself to look after their land. Matt’s father should have left Matt in the wilderness alone for three reasons: He achieved manhood, he gained useful supplies, and he made tough decisions.
The first reason Matt’s