April is a very brave and special girl and finds she can communicate with Bear. April builds trust with the bear and helps him by removing the plastic from his paw. He is very thin from lack of food and his paw is wrapped tightly in plastic rubbish from the sea. However, April has not been on the island long when she finds and befriends a stranded polar bear. April wonders if she might see a polar bear but is told that there are no bears living there anymore because the ice caps around the island have retreated further north due to global warming. The pair are staying on an uninhabited isle named Bear Island. April’s Dad is very sad as he is grieving for April’s Mum who died and he spends all his time shut away working. April hopes that this will be a wonderful adventure with her father but sadly that is not to be. The Last Bear is about an 11-year-old girl named April who is going on a 6-month meteorological research trip with her dad. Reviewed By William and Esther – age 10 (with some notes from Mummy at the end)
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