Bear

<b>SHORTLISTED: 2025 Young Adult Book Award, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults</b> <br><b>WINNER: 2024 Storylines Tessa Duder YA Award</b> <br><br><br><b>''Tender and wickedly humorous - such an important story.'' KAREN FOXLEE bestselling author of <i>Lenny''s Book of Everything</i><br><br>''Very funny, very well written and an accurate look into a teenager''s changing world. Get it for your reading teen.'' Linda Thompson,<i> NZ Herald</i></b><br><br> <br><b><i>''</i>Wonderfully fresh and engaging.'' Tessa Duder</b><br><br>Jasper Robinson-Woods is not okay - his name is too long, his mum has an annoying boyfriend, he never sees his dad, and he can''t sleep because of a terrifying nightmare. Oh, and to top it off, his goldfish is dying. <br><br>Jasper is overwhelmed with bad thoughts. Are they a sign of disaster to come? The only place he feels safe is in the tree in his front yard. <br><br>But then the unimaginable happens: his nightmare comes to life and everything spirals out of control. Jasper decides it''s finally time to face his nightmare.<br><br><i>Bear</i> is a moving, often laugh-out-loud funny story showing that even when you hit rock bottom, you never know what, or who, is around the corner.<br>