Power Search
Low Price Guarantee
We Take School POs
Eye of the Great Bear Reprint Edition
Contributor(s): Wallace, Bill (Author)

View larger image

 ISBN: 0671025023     ISBN-13: 9780671025021
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
OUR PRICE: $9.45  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 1999
Qty:

Annotation: FACE TO FACE WITH FEAR....

The bullies called him coward. Even his brothers thought eleven-year-old Bailey Trumbull was scared of his own shadow. Exploding firecrackers sent him jumping as high as a kite. He hated July 4th. But it was on that day at a carnival in Abilene that an old Indian medicine man made an astonishing prophecy: "Some men spend their lives searching for who they are -- searching for their courage. You will see yourself in the eye of the great bear".

What did he mean? Bailey nearly forgot the prophecy when Daddy got heatsickness and the family had to move to Montana. Suddenly everything became topsy-turvy. Bailey's whole life changed except the bullies and the "sissy" reputation that followed wherever he went. Until the day the medicine man's prophecy came true and Bailey had to make a choice that risked his life....
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes - Emotions & Feelings
- Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Bears
- Juvenile Fiction | Family - Siblings
Dewey: FIC
Age Level: 8-12
Grade Level: 3-7
Lexile Measure: 700(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5" W x 8" L (0.45 lbs) 176 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Western U.S.
Features: Ikids, Price on Product
Awards: Sequoyah Book Awards, Nominee, Children's, 2001
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Nominee, Grades 3-5, 2002
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award, Nominee, Grades 6-8, 2002
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 32375
Reading Level: 4.3   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 5.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
Dubbed a coward by the bullies in his school, Bailey will prove his courage when his family moves from Texas to Montana and he faces down a grizzly bear in order to save his own sister, in a turn-of-the-century adventure. Original.

Contributor Bio(s): Wallace, Bill: - 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.
 
Customer ReviewsSubmit your own review
 
To tell a friend about this book, you must Sign In First!