Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear by Nguyen Thi Thu Trang

Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear by Nguyen Thi Thu TrangShortlisted for the 2023 Yoto Carnegie Medal for Illustration. Written by scientist and environmental activist Trang Nguyen, Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear is an inspirational graphic novel adventure, based on a true story about a young conservationist who overcomes the odds to save a sun bear. When Chang discovers a bear farm near her home in Vietnam, she decides to do everything she can to save wild animals by becoming a conservationist. After

Her temporary escape from domestic duties and an opportunity to reconnect with old friends mutates into an extended romp away from the confines of marriage and motherhood

the genre-breakers

and heartbreak and hope

Here is a poet that does not shy away from the hard edges of life where each day is birth and a burial

Vesta comes across a chilling handwritten note

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as if she had become part of the story' Hilary Mantel

as her marriage strains and she struggles with questions of love

heroes and villains don't always exist in imaginary kingdoms

Rosie Wolfenden

A razor-sharp exploration of the fragility of identity and the smothering weight of expectations

A fantastic gift for girls and boys alike