Eye of the Great Bear - Softcover

Wallace, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671025023 ISBN 13: 9780671025021

Publisher: Aladdin, 1999

Synopsis

In this turn-of-the-century Western adventure, a twelve-year-old boy with the reputation of a coward is cured of his fears after he faces a grizzly to save his little sister.

About this title

Review:

"A surefire winner of a tale... The author has created characters whom readers come to know and care about. He has spun a story filled with small escapades interspersed with heart-stopping excitement and terror".

-- School Library Journal

About the Author:

Bill Wallace grew up in Oklahoma. Along with riding their horses, he and his friends enjoyed campouts and fishing trips. Toasting marshmallows, telling ghost stories to scare one another, and catching fish was always fun. One of the most memorable trips took place on the far side of Lake Lawtonka, at the base of Mt. Scott. He and his best friend, Gary, spent the day shooting shad with bow and arrows, cutting bank poles, and getting ready to go when their dads got home from work. Although there was no "monster" in Lake Lawtonka, one night there was a "sneak attack" by a rather large catfish tail. Checking the bank poles was not nearly as fun or "free" after that point, but it was the inspiration for this story. Bill Wallace has won nineteen children's state awards and been awarded the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award for Children's Literature from the Oklahoma Center for the Book.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aladdin
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0671025023
• ISBN 13: 9780671025021
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 180