The Last Bear
(Hardback, Contains 1 Hardback)
By Gold, Hannah
Illustrated by Pinfold, Levi
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Imagine making friends with a polar bear... The Last Bear is perfect for readers of 8+, beautifully illustrated throughout by Levi Pinfold - winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and illustrator of Harry Potter 20th anniversary edition covers. There are no polar bears left on Bear I...sland. At least, that's what April's father tells her when his scientific research takes them to this remote Arctic outpost for six months. But one endless summer night, April meets one. He is starving, lonely and a long way from home. Determined to save him, April begins the most important journey of her life... This moving story will win the hearts of children the world over and show them that no one is too young or insignificant to make a difference. The Last Bear is a celebration of the love between a child and an animal, a battle cry for our world and an irresistible adventure with a heart as big as a bear's.
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| ISBN |
9780008411282 |
| Released NZ |
12 Feb 2021 |
| Publisher |
HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format |
Hardback, Contains 1 Hardback |
| Alternate Format(s) |
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| Availability |
999 In stock at publisher; delivery usually 15-20 working days due to covid19 delays
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Full details for this title
| Interest Age |
7-9 years |
| Reading Age |
7-9 years |
| Library of Congress |
JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Polar Regions, JUVENILE FICTION / Science & Nature / Environment, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Parents, JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General, Children's, young adult and educational / Children's and young adult fiction and true stories / Family and home stories Children's/YA |
| NBS Text |
Children's Fiction |
| ONIX Text |
Children/juvenile |
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Awards, Reviews & Star Ratings
| NZ Review |
This is an important first novel, important for us, for polar bears, for the planet. It is deeply moving, beautifully told, quite unforgettable. Michael Morpurgo. |
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Author's Bio
Hannah Gold worked in the film and magazine industries before taking time out to pursue her dream of writing. She lives in Lincolnshire with her tortoise, her cat and her husband. The Last Bear is her middle-grade debut. Levi Pinfold's debut, The Django, won the Book Trust Best New Illustrator award and his second standalone picture book, Black Dog, was awarded the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal for excellence in children's book illustration. This was followed by Greenling, which won the UKLA Picture Book Award. Levi has recently turned his considerable talents to illustrating fiction for older readers, creating exquisite pieces for the twentieth-anniversary special editions of the Harry Potter series and working with author A. F. Harrold on The Song from Somewhere Else, which went on to win the Amnesty Honour at the 2018 CILIP Kate Greenaway Awards. He currently lives in NSW, Australia.
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