eBook - ePub
Bear
About this book
The powerful, humorous yet sensitive story of Jasper, a talented young artist, who learns to face his anger.
SHORTLISTED: 2025 Young Adult Book Award, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
WINNER: 2024 Storylines Tessa Duder YA Award
'A darkly funny, haunting tale of finding a way through darkness to hope. A fresh and powerful take on an all-too-common teenage experience, this deftly executed story is both confronting and validating.'
NZCYA judges
'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 Duder
Jasper 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.
SHORTLISTED: 2025 Young Adult Book Award, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
WINNER: 2024 Storylines Tessa Duder YA Award
'A darkly funny, haunting tale of finding a way through darkness to hope. A fresh and powerful take on an all-too-common teenage experience, this deftly executed story is both confronting and validating.'
NZCYA judges
'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 Duder
Jasper 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.
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Information
Publisher
Allen & UnwinYear
2025eBook ISBN
9781761505591Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- WHO AM I?
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- 14
- 15
- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- 20
- 21
- 22
- 23
- 24
- 25
- 26
- 27
- 28
- 29
- 30
- 31
- 32
- 33
- 34
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- 36
- 37
- 38
- 39
- 40
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR