A beautiful Christmas story for readers aged 9+ that will warm your heart and take you on an adventure you will never forget. From the bestselling author of A DOG CALLED HOMELESS, this is the perfect Christmas gift for fans of Michael Morpurgo, Lauren St John and Sara Pennypacker's PAX.
Itnsquo;s the Christmas holidays and Thea is looking forward to spending them with her father. She can tell him all about her plans to become a writer, and maybe hensquo;ll buy her the typewriter sheasquo;s been dreaming of.
But when Thea arrives in Norway, everything feels . . . wrong. Her father is as distant as ever and now she has to share him with his new family: his girlfriend Inge and her children. Then Thea makes a surprising discovery. Deep in the snowy woods by the house, is a bear. Hensquo;s scared and hungry and he desperately needs Theausquo;s help.
When the town hears about a bear living in the woods, Bear squo;s life is in even greater danger. Thea needs to show everyone that heesquo;s not dangerous rdash; heosquo;s a good bear fdash; if sheasquo;s to save him.
Beautifully illustrated by award-winning illustrator Fiona Woodcock, the artist behind Abi Elphinstone's The Snow Dragon.
'Author Sarah Lean and illustrator Fiona Woodcock build a beautiful, wintery world for this story about family and friendship' The Scotsman
