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The bear [electronic resource] : a novel / Claire Cameron.

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"A powerfully suspenseful story narrated by a young girl who must fend for herself and her little brother after a brutal bear attack. While camping with her family on a remote island, five-year-old Anna awakes in the night to the sound of her mother screaming. A rogue black bear, 300 pounds of fury, is attacking the family's campsite, pouncing on her parents as prey. At her dying mother's faint urging, Anna manages to get her brother into the family's canoe and paddle away. But when the canoe dumps the two children on the edge of the woods, and the sister and brother must battle hunger, the elements, and a dangerous wilderness, we see Anna's heartbreaking love for her family--and her struggle to be brave when nothing in her world seems safe anymore. Told in the honest, raw voice of five-year-old Anna, this is a riveting story of love, courage, and survival"-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9780385679039 (electronic bk.)
  • ISBN: 0385679033 (electronic bk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource
  • Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Doubleday Canada, 2014.
Subject: Bear attacks > Ontario > Algonquin Provincial Park > Fiction.
Parents > Death > Fiction.
Camping > Ontario > Algonquin Provincial Park > Fiction.
Brothers and sisters > Fiction.
Survival > Ontario > Algonquin Provincial Park > Fiction.
Algonquin Provincial Park (Ont.) > Fiction.
Genre: Electronic books.

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CLAIRE CAMERON grew up in Toronto and studied at Queen's University. She led canoe trips in Algonquin Park and worked as an instructor for Outward Bound, teaching mountaineering, climbing and white-water rafting in Oregon. She lived San Francisco and London, UK, until moving back to Toronto, where she now lives with her husband and two sons. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Globe and Mail, National Post and The Millions. Her first novel, The Line Painter, won the Northern Lit Award from the Ontario Library Service and was nominated for an Arthur Ellis Crime Writing Award for best first novel. Visit the author at www.claire-cameron.com.


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