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In this vivid and lyrical novel set in Depression-era New Brunswick, the Nova Scotia-based poet follows 15-year-old Pearly, a girl who was raised alongside an orphaned bear cub named Bruno, and considers him a sibling. When the local lumber camp boss sells Bruno to an animal trader, Pearly traverses the Canadian wilderness to rescue him.
--Marshal Zeringue