Moon Bear
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.27 (844 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1481400940 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-22 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
(Kirkus Reviews, starred review) . A moving and memorable tale of a boy and his bear
"A poignant tale" according to Elizabeth Reichstein. This poignant tale of a young boy saving a young moon bear from a bear bile farm is a delicate balance between revealing enough of the horror of bear bile farms for credibility and sparing the younger reader from the trauma of the whole truth. A beautiful story that will engage the astute young reader and hopefully engender a desire to take action to help end the bear bile industry.. KidsReads said An Immensely Moving and Highly Educational Story in MOON BEAR. Twelve-year-old Tam’s life is in the midst of drastic changes: his village is being forced to evacuate, his father dies from a cluster bomb while attempting to break ground for farming and Tam must take a city farm job to help provide his mother and younger siblings. Tam's job takes him into the surreal world of bear captivity at a bear bile farm, and he has no idea that his world is about to turn upside down when he comes face-to-face with Sôok-dii, a tiny moon bear cub.With MOON BEAR, award-winning children's author Gill Lewis raises . Beautiful book. One that will be read over and Beautiful book. One that will be read over and over
A veterinarian, her love of animals and the natural world plays a big part in her writing. . She lives in the UK. Gill Lewis is the author of the critically acclaimed Wild Wings and One White Dolphin, both winners of the Green Earth Book Award, as well as Moon Bear and Gorilla Dawn
It is a cruel, miserable place, and when a familiar face—the very cub he’d seen in the den in Vietnam—is sold to the bear farm, Tam knows he must save this moon bear, no matter what it takes.Deeply and powerfully moving, Moon Bear is an unforgettable story of compassion, hope, and bravery against overwhelming odds, and brings to light the real-life, heartwrenching plight of Asia’s endangered moon bears.. His goal is to steal the cub and sell it, making a fortune for his family. Lured by the promise of electricity, running water, and a television, Tam’s people move to an overcrowded village, where Tam’s father is killed by a stray landmine.Now the family breadwinner, Tam is forced to work hundreds of miles away in the city of Laos, at a moon bear farm where bile from bear gall bladders is used for medicine. Both torn from their homes in Laos, a boy and a moon bear cub form a deep bond in this “moving and memorable” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) tale of impossible odds and resilient hope, based on true and tragic conditions in Eastern Asia.Twelve-year-old Tam, on a dare, ventures into a moon bear den in the mountains of Northern Laos. And then his life implodes anyway: his