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Cover of The Summer of the Bear by Bella Pollen

The Summer of the Bear

2010·448 pages·young adult

Fantasy Historical Fiction

dreamy magical realism

When a Cold War diplomat dies under suspicious circumstances and is promptly declared a mole, the man's wife relocates to a remote Scottish island, where her steadfast youngest child discovers a marooned grizzly bear and uncovers truths about his father's activities.

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The Summer of the Bear

Year

2010

Pages

448

Audience

young adult

Fantasy Historical Fiction Mystery

Tags

dreamy magical realism

Description

When a Cold War diplomat dies under suspicious circumstances and is promptly declared a mole, the man's wife relocates to a remote Scottish island, where her steadfast youngest child discovers a marooned grizzly bear and uncovers truths about his father's activities.

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