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A review by maura_mozreads
The Last Bear by Hannah Gold
4.0
A beautiful story following a young girl and polar bear that is full of friendship and nature and how we can connect with it to save it.
April is not your average girl, instead of going to school she is about to go Bear Island up in the Artic with her scientist father so he can measure the climate patterns for 6 months. Though it's called Bear Island, there hasn't been any polar bears living there in years, that is until April happens upon one with its paw wrapped in plastic litter. Over the next few months April begins to befriend and take care of 'Bear', learning the truths of his lonely life that mirrors hers and how they find happiness in each other.
This wonderful story captures the true courage and kindness the next generation have in their heart for the safety of our planet in the form of April, a great character to follow, but it also doesn't shy away from showing that adults and those leaving the planet to them need to work harder to make sure the damage is reversible. Obviously the author is not encouraging kids to find wild polar bears to befriend, but through this fictional story she presents the facts of the ice caps melting etc. in an amazing tale of friendship between April & Bear and the small deeds we all can do to help in anyway we can.
The hardback edition is beautiful and the illustrations really add to the wonderous atmosphere of the book. I also listened to this by audio book and the narrator Helen Phillips did a great job adding to the magic of the story with her voicework.
Thank you to Harper Collins and Netgalley for the early eArc of the book!
April is not your average girl, instead of going to school she is about to go Bear Island up in the Artic with her scientist father so he can measure the climate patterns for 6 months. Though it's called Bear Island, there hasn't been any polar bears living there in years, that is until April happens upon one with its paw wrapped in plastic litter. Over the next few months April begins to befriend and take care of 'Bear', learning the truths of his lonely life that mirrors hers and how they find happiness in each other.
This wonderful story captures the true courage and kindness the next generation have in their heart for the safety of our planet in the form of April, a great character to follow, but it also doesn't shy away from showing that adults and those leaving the planet to them need to work harder to make sure the damage is reversible. Obviously the author is not encouraging kids to find wild polar bears to befriend, but through this fictional story she presents the facts of the ice caps melting etc. in an amazing tale of friendship between April & Bear and the small deeds we all can do to help in anyway we can.
The hardback edition is beautiful and the illustrations really add to the wonderous atmosphere of the book. I also listened to this by audio book and the narrator Helen Phillips did a great job adding to the magic of the story with her voicework.
Thank you to Harper Collins and Netgalley for the early eArc of the book!