The Bear

I checked this out from my library and started reading and didn't stop until I finished a few hours later. This book really appealed to me in a way I feel I can't express well. The story is about 5 year old Anna and her family and a tragedy while their family is camping. This is told from Anna's prespective of how her parents are attacked by a bear. Anna doesn't understand what is going on, but as a reader you surely do. Through her father's quick thinking Anna and her younger brother are saved, but unfortunately her parents perish. Anna does come across her mother who is still barely concious and she follows her mother's instructions to get her brother and herself in the canoe and go and wait for them (her parents) to come. Anna is given a lot of responsibility that she is too young to understand but wanting to be a good girl she tries to take care of her brother and herself like she was asked. The narration is very stream of conciousness and definitely struck me as a small child trying to figure out what is going on. Great book!