Shortlisted for The Little Rebels Children's Book Award 2014 Best-selling Gill Lewis tells a hard hitting story as she opens reader’s eyes to the appalling treatment of bears and their natural environment. Tam’s world implodes when his father in killed by a mine. Sent away from everything he knows, he is given a job in a bear farm.
Tam has no idea of the appalling cruelty he is about to witness. The bears are viciously treated and wickedly milked for their bile which is believed to have curative powers. Tam does everything he can to protect the bears and when a young cub is brought in he knows he must take desperate action to save him.
Tam’s integrity and courage as he takes himself and the bear cub to safety is a powerful, touching and attitude changing story.
In addition to our Lovereading expert opinion for Moon Bear a small number of our readers were lucky enough to be invited to review this title. Here's a taster....'Gill Lewis writes in an exciting style keeping the reader hanging on to every twist and turn of the adventure. Even in the last few pages my heart fell and rose again with the final events. Read this great book and join the fight to save the bears.....'
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When twelve-year-old Tam is sent to work at a bear farm in the city, he has never felt so alone. He hates seeing the cruel way the bears are treated, but speaking up will mean losing his job. And if he can't send money home, how will his family survive? When a sick cub arrives at the farm, Tam secretly nurses it back to health and they develop an unbreakable bond. Tam swears to return his beloved cub to the wild, but how will they ever find a way to be free?
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When twelve-year-old Tam is sent to work at a bear farm in the city, he has never felt so alone. He hates seeing the cruel way the bears are treated, but speaking up will mean losing his job.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed Moon Bear and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-12 years old
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Moon Bear was written by Gill Lewis and published by Oxford University Press
Moon Bear has 284 pages
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