April is a very brave and special girl and finds she can communicate with Bear. April builds trust with the bear and helps him by removing the plastic from his paw.

He is very thin from lack of food and his paw is wrapped tightly in plastic rubbish from the sea. However, April has not been on the island long when she finds and befriends a stranded polar bear. April wonders if she might see a polar bear but is told that there are no bears living there anymore because the ice caps around the island have retreated further north due to global warming. The pair are staying on an uninhabited isle named Bear Island. April’s Dad is very sad as he is grieving for April’s Mum who died and he spends all his time shut away working. April hopes that this will be a wonderful adventure with her father but sadly that is not to be. The Last Bear is about an 11-year-old girl named April who is going on a 6-month meteorological research trip with her dad. Reviewed By William and Esther – age 10 (with some notes from Mummy at the end) 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. 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. Determined to save him, April begins the most important journey of her life. He is starving, lonely and a long way from home. At least, that's what April's father tells her when his scientific research takes them to this remote Arctic outpost for six months.īut one endless summer night, April meets one. There are no polar bears left on Bear Island. It is deeply moving, beautifully told, quite unforgettable.' Michael Morpurgo. 'This is an important first novel, important for us, for polar bears, for the planet. 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.

Imagine making friends with a polar bear.

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