A heart-breaking story of survival told by a five-year-old girl left to fend for herself after a brutal bear attack Anna is five. Her little brother, Stick, is three. They are camping with their parents in Algonquin Park, in three thousand square miles of wilderness. It's the perfect family trip. But then Anna awakes in the night to the sound of her mother screaming. A rogue black bear is furiously tearing through the family's camp. At her dying mother's urging, she manages to get her brother into their canoe and paddle away. Alone in the woods, it is Anna who has to look after Stick, battling hunger and the elements to stay alive.

The Bear is a masterpiece in suspense. Narrated by Anna, this is white-knuckle storytelling that captures the fear, wonder and bewilderment of our worst nightmares - and the power of a girl's enduring love for her family.