8vo. [8], 1-135, [1] pp. Quarter green cloth over yellow paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Jacket design by Robert Andrew Parker. The winner of the 1984 Newbery Award. Written by the author of The Witch of Blackbird Pond, this is a historical fiction novel. Speare writes a story about Matt, a teenage boy who struggles to survive alone in the 1700's American wilderness until he meets Indigenous members of the Beaver Clan who are willing to help him. Jacket is price-clipped.