The Year of the Bear ๐๐ป๐ณ
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Thirteen-year-old Jason is on the cusp of manhood, striving to find his place at school ๐ซ๐ and at home ๐ก-especially after his mother has abandoned them and his father is left to deal with his own anger ๐ช. When Jason and his father encounter a bear while out hunting ๐ป, they shoot and kill it, not realizing that they have left a cub without its mother. When Sasquot of the Penobscot Tribeโฐ๏ธ, a part of the Bear Family, discovers what they have done, he decides that Jason needs a lesson in caring for God's creatures๐๐ป. Thus begins a year that Jason will never forget as he begins to care and train the cub in order for it to survive๐. As Jason forms a bond with the bear, he, in turn, learns valuable lessons for life.๐คฉ
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The Year of the Bear Novel๐ has got 37 out of 39 five star๐ reviews on Amazon!
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Available both in kindle, Hardcover and Paperback versions.๐๐ฑ
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โ๏ธ Author: @douglanzo โ๏ธ
Reviewers have called it "enthralling", โa masterful storyโ, โexciting and exhilaratingโ, โdeeply movingโ, "a rare treat", โa surprising page-turnerโ, "compelling and uplifting", and a "truly a powerful coming of age story" and referred to Doug Lanzo "as a modern Jack London."
The Year of the Bear ๐was named a Finalist for the 2023 Ames Awards๐ for Children's books๐ฏโโ๏ธ! Really honored and excited about that! Released November 1st, it was nominated for the Newbery Medal ๐
and won 2nd Place in the 2022 Firebird Awards๐ฅ in the Coming of Age Category.๐คฉ a 2023 Hawthorne Prize Finalist nominated last fall for the Newbery ๐๐
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