Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021

The Girl who Speaks Bear

Sophie Anderson

Age: 9+

RRP  £7.99

Series: Books by Sophie Anderson

The Girl who Speaks Bear

By: Sophie Anderson

Illustrated by Kathrin Honesta

Series : Books by Sophie Anderson

Age 9+

RRP  £7.99

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 CARNEGIE MEDAL

"Written with passion and compassion, Anderson's talent as a weaver of magic and creator of evocative landscapes is growing with every book." - The Daily Mail

"Enchanting story." - The Daily Telegraph

They call me Yanka the Bear. Not because of where I was found - only a few people know about that. They call me Yanka the Bear because I am so big and strong.

Found abandoned in a bear cave as a baby, Yanka has always wondered about where she is from. She tries to ignore the strange whispers and looks from the villagers, wishing she was as strong on the inside as she is on the outside. But, when she has to flee her house, looking for answers about who she really is, a journey far beyond one that she ever imagined begins: from icy rivers to smouldering mountains meeting an ever-growing herd of extraordinary friends along the way.

Interwoven with traditional stories of bears, princesses and dragons, Yanka's journey is a gorgeously lyrical adventure from the best-selling author of The House With Chicken Legs.

Extent:
416 pages
Dimensions:
197.5 x 132.2mm
Paperback ISBN:
9781474940672
Accelerated Reader Book Level:
5.2
Accelerated Reader Interest Level:
Middle years (MY)
Book Band:
Dark Blue
Lexile:
800L
Key Stage:
KS2, KS3
Publication Date:
September 2019
Work Reference:
04700
Sophie Anderson

Sophie Anderson was born in Swansea, and now lives in the Lake District with her family. Her writing is most often inspired by folk and fairy stories, especially the Slavic tales her Prussian grandmother told her when she was young.

Across her bestselling novels, Sophie has won the Independent Bookshop Book of the Year Award and the Wales Book of the Year Award, and been shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal twice, the Waterstones Children's Book Prize, the Blue Peter Book Award, the British Book Awards' Children's Fiction Book of the Year, the Andersen Prize, and the Branford Boase Award.

Sophie's books have been translated into over twenty-five languages, and The House with Chicken Legs has been adapted for stage by Les Enfants Terribles.

Find out more about Sophie Anderson

Kathrin Honesta

Kathrin Honesta is an illustrator based in Jakarta. Her works are mostly inspired by her reflective thoughts, faith, and life in general, and she loves to use symbolism and visual metaphors to add layers to her works.

Award-winning, spellbinding fairy-tales from one of the best children's story-tellers.

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Winner

Indie Book Awards 2020

Winner

Wales Book of the Year 2020

Winner

St Helens Schools Library Service Book Awards 2020

Shortlisted

The CILIP Carnegie Medal 2021

Shortlisted

Sheffield Children's Book Award 2021

Shortlisted

West Sussex Schools Library Children's Book Award 2021

Shortlisted

Salford Children's Book Award 2021

Longlisted

The UKLA Book Awards 2021

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Charming and wintry, with a flavour of Russian fairy tales.

The Sunday Times

The wildest imaginings have the ring of truth in this spooky fable.

The Telegraph

[An] enchanting story.

The Daily Telegraph

Written with passion and compassion, Anderson's talent as a weaver of magic and creator of evocative landscapes is growing with every book.

Daily Mail

Marvellously-drawn characters and a timeless style of prose.

BookTrust

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