8 Top classics books like The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

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The Sign of the Beaver

By: Elizabeth George Speare

3.87

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring th…

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Cover of Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1) by Ralph Moody

1. Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

By: Ralph Moody

4.27

Format: 260 pages, Paperback

Ralph was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Thr… read more

Similar categories in Ralph Moody's Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1) book and Elizabeth George Speare's The Sign of the Beaver

  • historical
  • classics
  • childrens
  • school
"There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. There are black men and white men and yellow men and red men, but nothing counts except whether they're honest men or dish…"

-Ralph Moody, Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

"You know, Son, sometimes a fellow has to take a licking for doing the right thing. A licking only lasts a short while, even if it's a hard one, but failing to do the right thing will often make a mar…"

-Ralph Moody, Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches, #1)

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2. Ben & Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos

By: Robert Lawson

3.82

Format: 125 pages, Paperback

Ever wonder where inventors get their ideas? As it turns out, the great inventor Benjamin Franklin … read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
Cover of Justin Morgan Had a Horse by Marguerite Henry, Wesley Dennis

3. Justin Morgan Had a Horse

By: Marguerite Henry , Wesley Dennis

4.05

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

Joel's face suddenly lit up as if he had thought of something for the first time. He spoke now to t… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Walk the World's Rim

By: Betty Baker

3.79

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

A 14-year old Indian joins Cabeza de Vaca's 16th-century expedition through the Southwest. A vivid … read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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5. The Bears on Hemlock Mountain

By: Helen Sewell , Alice Dalgliesh

3.81

Format: 58 pages, Paperback

Are there bears on Hemlock Mountain? One boy is about to find out in this classic tale. People hav… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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6. The Courage of Sarah Noble

By: Leonard Weisgard , Alice Dalgliesh

3.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1707, young Sarah Noble and her father traveled through the wilderness to build a new home for t… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. By the Great Horn Spoon!

By: Sid Fleischman

4.48

Format: 448 pages, Paperback

For fans of theI Survivedseries--a rollicking adventure from the California Gold Rush! When Jack's … read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. The Matchlock Gun

By: Walter D. Edmonds

3.50

Format: None pages, Paperback

A Newbery Medal Winner In 1756, New York State was still a British colony, and the French and the I… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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9. Pocahontas and the Strangers

By: Clyde Robert Bulla , Peter D. Burchard

4.17

Format: None pages,

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  • childrens
  • school
  • historical
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

10. Pedro's Journal

By: Pam Conrad

4.61

Format: 313 pages, Paperback

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11. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch

By: Jean Lee Latham

5.00

Format: 87 pages, Paperback

A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to … read more

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12. Amos Fortune, Free Man

By: Elizabeth Yates , Nora S. Unwin

3.97

Format: 480 pages, Paperback

A Newbery Medal Winner When Amos Fortune was only fifteen years old, he was captured by slave trade… read more

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13. Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

By: Carol Ryrie Brink

4.02

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to b… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • school
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
"Life is just a lot of everyday adventures."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

"But every redhead's temper has its limitations."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes on at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

". . . the three adventurers were overcome by that delicious weariness which suddenly overtakes one at the end of an outdoor day."

-Carol Ryrie Brink, Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1)

14. The Secret of the Sealed Room: A Mystery of Young Ben Franklin

By: Bailey MacDonald

4.29

Format: None pages,

Indentured servant Patience Martin lives a hard life in 1721 Boston, but things get even harder whe… read more

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15. Phoebe the Spy

By: Margot Tomes , Judith Berry Griffin

3.53

Format: 349 pages, Paperback

Someone is planning to kill George Washington, and young Phoebe Fraunces is trying to save his life… read more

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16. Johnny Tremain

By: Lynd Ward , Esther Forbes

3.78

Format: None pages, Paperback

Johnny Tremain, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in the danger and excitement of 1775 B… read more

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17. My Side of the Mountain (Mountain, #1)

By: Jean Craighead George

2.57

Format: None pages, Paperback

Terribly unhappy in his family's crowded New York City apartment, Sam Gribley runs away to the soli… read more

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18. Toliver's Secret

By: Esther Wood Brady

3.99

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

When her grandfather is injured, 10-year-old Ellen Toliver replaces him on a top-secret patriotic m… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

19. Squanto, Friend Of The Pilgrims

By: Clyde Robert Bulla , None

4.00

Format: None pages,

Tells of the adventurous life of the Wampanoag Indian, Squanto. read more

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20. The Sign of the Beaver

By: Elizabeth George Speare

3.87

Format: 148 pages, Kindle Edition

Twelve-year-old Matt is left on his own in the Maine wilderness while his father leaves to bring th… read more

Similar categories in Elizabeth George Speare's The Sign of the Beaver book and Elizabeth George Speare's The Sign of the Beaver

  • survival
  • classics
  • childrens
  • school
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade
  • young adult
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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21. The Lewis & Clark Expedition

By: Richard L. Neuberger

3.84

Format: 180 pages, Hardcover

A Landmark History book. A highly readable account of the quintessentially American adventure of di… read more

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  • childrens
  • school
  • adventure
  • historical
  • middle grade

11 best-selling fiction books like The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

Transform Your Habits

Ben & Me: An Astonishing Life of Benjamin Franklin by His Good Mouse Amos

Robert Lawson

3.82

Transform Your Habits

Justin Morgan Had a Horse

Marguerite Henry , Wesley Dennis

4.05

Transform Your Habits

Walk the World's Rim

Betty Baker

3.79

Transform Your Habits

The Bears on Hemlock Mountain

Helen Sewell , Alice Dalgliesh

3.81

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18 Top fiction books like Caddie Woodlawn (Caddie Woodlawn, #1) by Carol Ryrie Brink

Transform Your Habits

Adam of the Road

Elizabeth Gray Vining , Robert Lawson , Elizabeth Janet Gray

3.77

Transform Your Habits

Thimble Summer

Elizabeth Enright

3.75

Transform Your Habits

Shades of Gray

Carolyn Reeder

3.85

Transform Your Habits

A Letter to Mrs. Roosevelt

C. Coco De Young

4.17

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