The Bear

Claire Cameron

Anna is five. Her little brother, Stick, is almost three. They are camping with their parents in Algonquin Park, in three thousand square miles of wilderness. It’s the perfect family trip. But then Anna awakes in the night to the sound of something moving in the shadows. Her father is terrified. Her mother is screaming. Then, silence.

Alone in the woods, it is Anna who has to look after Stick, battling hunger and the elements to stay alive. Narrated by Anna, this is white-knuckle storytelling that captures the fear, wonder and bewilderment of our worst nightmares – and the power of one girl’s enduring love for her family.

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A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing - 2014 Winner

Eimear McBride

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Burial Rites

Hannah Kent

The Undertaking

Audrey Magee

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

The Lowland

Jhumpa Lahiri

The Bear

Claire Cameron

The Shadow of the Crescent Moon

Fatima Bhutto

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Suzanne Berne

MaddAddam

Margaret Atwood

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Lea Carpenter

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The Bear

2014 Shortlist

A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing - 2014 Winner

Americanah

Burial Rites

The Undertaking

The Goldfinch

The Lowland

2014 Longlist

All the Birds, Singing

The Burgess Boys

Still Life with Bread Crumbs

Almost English

The Flamethrowers

The Signature of All Things

Reasons She Goes to the Woods

The Luminaries

The Strangler Vine

A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing - 2014 Winner

Americanah

Burial Rites

The Undertaking

The Goldfinch

The Lowland

The Bear

The Shadow of the Crescent Moon

The Dogs of Littlefield

MaddAddam

Eleven Days

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