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The Dancing Bear

by Michael Morpurgo · 1994

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A gentle and moving story of a young girl and her bear, from bestselling children's author Michael Morpurgo. High in the mountains, in a tiny village, an abandoned bear cub is adopted by a lonely orphan child. Soon they are inseparable.

Genre
historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
Themes
animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of thischildhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of thisbearsbearsMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 64 pages

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