{"product_id":"the-bear-paperback-3","title":"The Bear - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eClaire Cameron\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful suspense novel narrated by a young girl who must fend for herself and her little brother after a brutal bear attack.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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, three hundred pounds of fury, is attacking the family's campsite -- and pouncing on her parents as prey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 runs aground on the edge of the woods, the sister and brother must battle hunger, the elements, and a wilderness alive with danger. Lost and completely alone, they find that their only hope resides in Anna's heartbreaking love for her family, and her struggle to be brave when nothing in her world seems safe anymore. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a story with a small narrator and a big heart. Cameron gracefully plumbs Anna's young perspective on family, responsibility, and hope, charting both a tragically premature loss of innocence and a startling evolution as Anna reasons through the impossible situations that confront her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lean and confident, and told in the innocent and honest voice of a five-year-old, \u003ci\u003eThe Bear\u003c\/i\u003e is a transporting tale of loss -- but also a poignant and surprisingly funny adventure about love and the raw instincts that enable us to survive.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaire Cameron\u003c\/b\u003e's novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Bear\u003c\/i\u003e, became a #1 national bestseller in Canada and was long-listed for the 2014 Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Line Painter\u003c\/i\u003e, was nominated for an Arthur Ellis Award for best crime first novel and won the Northern Lit Award from the Ontario Library Service. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Cameron's writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGlobe \u0026amp; Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a staff writer at The Millions and lives in Toronto with her husband and two sons.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 10, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134354329735,"sku":"9780316230094","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/c019348040a1bd72550fbf6f3e665ec1.webp?v=1732641093","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-bear-paperback-3","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}