The Bear : A Novel (Hardcover)

from JReynolds1959

Anna, her mom, dad and little brother Alex (Stick) are camping. The kids are in the tent ready for bed. Anna hears her parents talking, but suddenly hears her mom scream (which is very unlike her mom). Dad comes to the tent and takes Anna and Stick and places them in the large Coleman trunk that ...

from DeltaQueen50

I admit to being a little disappointed by The Bear by Claire Cameron, mostly because Emma Donoghue's book [Room] set the bar so high for books written from a child's viewpoint. In this book I constantly wanted to urge the little girl to stop going on and on about Barbie Dolls and other things and...

from melissarochelle

Read from February 12 to 14, 2014 First, Jesse is going to have a very difficult time convincing me to go camping now. Second, 5 year-old narrators work sometimes and don't work others -- even within one novel. Third, wow...I'm really torn on a rating...I'm wavering between 3 & 4 stars. A family ...

from kgthor

I found this book's premise extremely intriguing. As a Canandian who grew up camping and canoeing in the wilds of Northern Ontario and who has woken up to see eyes staring back at me through the screen door of my tent which belonged to a large black bear who had stumbled upon our campsite, it str...

from susan.h.schofield

I liked this book more than I expected. It was tough to read at times. It was told through the eyes of a 5 year old girl, Anna, who along with her 2 year old brother are spared from a vicious bear attack that kills their parents while the family is camping on a remote island. Anna struggles to ge...