Great Bear Lake (Seekers)
| File:Great Bear Lake Cover.jpg The cover of Great Bear Lake | |
| Author | Cherith Baldry as Erin Hunter |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Wayne McLoughlin |
| Language | English |
| Series | Seekers |
| Genre | Young-adult literature, fantasy |
| Publisher | HarperCollins |
Publication date | 10 February 2009 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 9780060871253 |
| OCLC | 232977539 |
| LC Class | PZ7.H916625 Gr 2009 |
| Preceded by | The Quest Begins |
| Followed by | Smoke Mountain |
Great Bear Lake is the second book of the Seekers series written by Cherith Baldry, under the pseudonym Erin Hunter. It focuses around 4 bears.
Synopsis
Plot summary
One by one the bears have joined together, and all four are finally united at the sacred Great Bear Lake, a place of peace and healing.[1][2] Great Bear Lake continues the story of Kallik, Lusa, Toklo, and Ujurak as the bear cubs try to find their way to the Arctic. At the end of the book, Kallik joins the other bear cubs along with her brother Taqqiq.
Characters
- Kallik – Kallik is a female polar bear cub who was forced to leave her home with her mother, Nisa, and brother, Taqqiq, when the ice began to melt. Like all other polar bears, she depended on her mother to teach her how to hunt and survive until she was old enough to do it on her own. Her brother Taqqiq was her favorite playmate, but he was restless and had trouble paying attention. Kallik was a good learner, and was anxious to know the secrets her mother had to impart. However, her anxiety sometimes took her over and caused her to worry or be afraid of things like burn-sky (summer), when the ice melts and the polar bears go hungry. Then one day when Kallik and her family were traveling to land (the place where polar bears go in burn-sky), Nisa and Kallik got attacked by orca whales. The orcas ended up killing Nisa, but Kallik escaped and was limited to doing nothing but listen to Taqqiq wander away. Now alone, she has to depend on herself to survive.
- Lusa – Lusa is a female black bear and was the only cub in her family, but lived with another cub named Yogi who she loved and hated as a brother. Her father, King, used to live in the wild but does not like to share stories about his experience because he guarantees that she would never live in the wild as long as she lived. She started living in what she calls a "Bear Bowl" (the zoo) and had never seen any animal, other than a few birds and bears. Lusa is very anxious and loves to learn. She always asked Stella, an adult black bear who came from another zoo, many questions. Stella was like a mother to Lusa. She told her stories and encouraged her to do what she wanted to do. So did her real mother, Ashia. Later in the story, Toklo's mother, Oka, arrived in the zoo. Lusa, curious, came up to Oka and saw that Oka was muttering things like "Tobi" and "Toklo". Then, Lusa learned that "Tobi" and "Toklo" are Oka's cubs. Oka told Lusa that she had left her cub, Toklo, alone, and that she had regretted it deeply ever since. Oka was not sure that Toklo was still alive or not. Lusa promised Oka that he still was, and that she would find him. Lusa escaped the zoo and found Toklo at the end of the book.
- Toklo - Toklo is a male grizzly bear cub who lived with his mother, Oka, and his brother, Tobi. Tobi was very sick, so Oka was afraid of going anywhere because she didn't want Tobi to suffer even more. Sometimes, Oka payed so much attention on Tobi that she didn't notice Toklo. Toklo was tired of Tobi moaning and slowing them down when they were trying to find food. At last, Oka decided that it was time for them to travel up a mountain to a river filled with salmon. But on the way there, Tobi died. Oka's heart broke, and it took a while for them to keep going. And when they did reach the river, Oka got furious with another bear, Shoteka, who tried to kill Toklo. She stopped himand then abandoned Toklo, saying that she didn't want to see another one of her cubs die. Now that Toklo was on his own, he needed to find his own food and his own place to live. He eventually met another cub, Ujurak, who was also alone and had the power to change in to any other animal. The two of them embark together on a perilous journey to a safe and wonderous place. He met Lusa at the end of the book.
- Ujurak - Ujurak is a small male grizzly bear cub who has the mysterious ability to change into any animal, although he cannot control when and what he changes into well. For example, one time Ujurak unexpectingly turned into a salmon along a body of water where bears were. Luckily he had met Toklo, another grizzly bear, whom made sure he wasn't caught and eaten. However, whether he turns into a useful animal or not, each time he morphs, he can see the world from that animal's point of view. He lost his mother rather early in his life and lived alone on a journey to the place where spirits dance in the sky in order to find out about his destiny. Toklo accompanies him in his quest.
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