SHORTLISTED: 2025 Young Adult Book Award, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults WINNER: 2024 Storylines Tessa Duder YA Award 'Tender and wickedly humorous - such an important story.' KAREN FOXLEE bestselling author of Lenny's Book of Everything'Very funny, very well written and an accurate look into a teenager's changing world. Get it for your reading teen.' Linda Thompson, NZ Herald'A must-read for teenagers. Dark, funny, and deeply unsettling, Bear is a book that crawls under your skin and stays there.' Imogen Gadd, Kete 'Wonderfully fresh and engaging.' Tessa DuderJasper Robinson-Woods is not okay - his name is too long, his mum has an annoying boyfriend, he never sees his dad, and he can't sleep because of a terrifying nightmare. Oh, and to top it off, his goldfish is dying. Jasper is overwhelmed with bad thoughts. Are they a sign of disaster to come? The only place he feels safe is in the tree in his front yard. But then the unimaginable happens: his nightmare comes to life and everything spirals out of control. Jasper decides it's finally time to face his nightmare.Bear is a moving, often laugh-out-loud funny story showing that even when you hit rock bottom, you never know what, or who, is around the corner.
| ISBN: | 9781991006936 |
| Publication date: | 7th August 2025 |
| Author: | Kiri Lightfoot |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin Children's Books an imprint of A&U Children's NZ |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 368 pages |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction Romance / Relationship Stories Stories about Family and Friends Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Physical and mental health conditions Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: School, education and teachers Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: First / new experiences and growing up / coming of age |