Secrets of Bearhaven (24 page)

Erin Black and Nancy Mercado for their editorial guidance, and Ellie Berger and Debra Dorfman for believing in Bearhaven in the first place.

Dr. Thomas Spady, Bear Biologist, California State University San Marcos, for applying his scientific knowledge and understanding of issues facing real bears to the fictional world of Bearhaven.

Dr. Sheri Wells-Jensen, Linguist, Bowling Green State University, for developing Ragayo with her trademark passion for authentic language creation.

Dr. Sylvia Olarte for finding a pie candle and making sure its flames stayed lit.

K. E. Rocha is the author of
Secrets of Bearhaven
, developed in collaboration with Egg in the Hole Productions. She received a BA in English from Trinity College, an MFA from New York University, and was named a Connecticut Circuit Poet by the Connecticut Poetry Society. She has never visited with talking bears, although she often talks to her goofy little hound dog, Reggie, while writing from her studio in Brooklyn.

Text copyright © 2016 by Egg in the Hole Productions, LLC

Illustrations copyright © 2016 by Ross Dearsley

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Rocha, K. E., author.

Secrets of Bearhaven / K.E. Rocha. — First edition.

pages cm. —  (Bearhaven)

Summary: When Spencer Plain's uncle pulls him out of school, and they find themselves being chased by a strange car, Spencer does not know what is going on—but soon he is rescued from the woods by a bear, and taken to Bearhaven, a secret refuge his parents created, filled with bears who can talk, where, desperate to find his parents, he and a bear cub named Kate decide to take matters into their own hands.

ISBN 978-0-545-81303-7 (hardcover)
1.  Bears—Juvenile fiction. 2.  Human-animal communication—Juvenile fiction. 3.  Friendship—Juvenile fiction. 4.  Rescues—Juvenile fiction. 5.  Secrecy—Juvenile fiction. 6.  Parent and child—Juvenile fiction. [1. Bears—Fiction. 2. Human-animal communication—Fiction. 3. Friendship—Fiction. 4. Rescues—Fiction 5. Secrets—Fiction. 6. Parent and child—Fiction.]  I. Title.

PZ7.1.R637Se 2016

[Fic]—dc232015007040

First edition, January 2016

Cover art © 2016 by Ross Dearsley

Cover design by Nina Goffi