Found at Goodreads:

"A powerfully suspenseful story narrated by a young girl who must fend for herself and her little brother after a brutal bear attack.

While camping with her family on a remote island, five-year-old Anna awakes in the night to the sound of her mother screaming. A rogue black bear, 300 pounds of fury, is attacking the family's campsite, pouncing on her parents as prey.

At her dying mother's faint urging, Anna manages to get her brother into the family's canoe and paddle away. But when the canoe dumps the two children on the edge of the woods, and the sister and brother must battle hunger, the elements, and a dangerous wilderness, we see Anna's heartbreaking love for her family -- and her struggle to be brave when nothing in her world seems safe anymore.

Told in the honest, raw voice of five-year-old Anna, this is a riveting story of love, courage, and survival."

Bought as a part of an international SECRET SANTA gift.

I found it on your wishlist and sent it by betterworldbook. I hope you will enjoy it.

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

A wishlist book from my Secret Santa! Thank you so very much. I'm always delightfully happy to get a wishlist book! And I love the perpetual calendar and the lovely tea towel too. :)

I enjoyed this book. It was hard to get used to the voice and thoughts of the five year old narrator, especially at the beginning when you have to try and figure out what is happening from her garbled confusion. It also seemed to stretch the limits of believability that the young children could survive the bear attack.

However, once I got well into the book I grew used to the narration, which the author does in an amazingly authentic way. The story gripped me and swept me along, right to the bittersweet ending.

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