A Boy and His Bear
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- Synopsis
- Dickon lives in Elizabethian England, a time when wild bears are made to fight for men's pleasure. As a young tanner's apprentice, he is sent on an errand to the London Bear Garden, the center of cruel sport. Chased by the Garden workers, a bear cub, recently captured in France with its mother, runs to Dickon, who loves animals. Dickon determines to save the cub from the cruelty of the Bear Pit and to set it free. But the path to Freedom is beset by many terrible dangers for both Dickon and the bear. Animal handlers at the Bear Garden, afraid of Dickon's remarkable ability to handle the cub, which they construe as witchcraft, set fire to the barn where Dickon and the cub are staying, with nearly fatal results. Once they have escaped this fate, Dickon accepts a chance to join a troupe of gypsy jugglers and entertainers returning to their native France. But even there they are pursued. This is a deeply compassionate story of trust between boy and animal, told against the colorful backgrounds of London in the early 1600s and rural France. Dickon is an immensely appealing character whose skill with animals and sympathy for them will catch the hearts and minds of contemporary children.
- Copyright:
- 1996
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 196 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780689809439
- Publisher:
- Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
- Date of Addition:
- 06/14/09
- Copyrighted By:
- Harriet Graham
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Children's Books, Animals, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Amber W
- Proofread By:
- Lissi
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.