A Boy and His Bear

Description:

Medieval London comes alive in this novel through the experiences of Dickon, a boy who is apprenticed to a tanner after his father's death. Sent on an errand to the master of the London Bear Garden, Dickon sees a bear being cub mistreated by the Garden workers. Determined to free the cub, Dickon faces many terrible dangers along the way.

Selected Reviews:

"In this beautifully written book, the setting and era are vividly evoked, while the plot moves rapidly in unpredictable directions. Periodically, Graham interrupts the third-person narrative with italicized passages that, in poetic prose, show readers events through the eyes of the bear cub. These brief sections lift a fine book to an even higher level and plant the story firmly in the imagination."

--Kirkus