SHORTLISTED: 2025 Young Adult Book Award, New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults WINNER: 2024 Storylines Tessa Duder YA Award ''Tender and wickedly humorous - such an important story.'' KAREN FOXLEE bestselling author of Lenny''s Book of Everything''Very funny, very well written and an accurate look into a teenager''s changing world. Get it for your reading teen.'' Linda Thompson, NZ Herald ''Wonderfully fresh and engaging.'' Tessa DuderJasper Robinson-Woods is not okay - his name is too long, his mum has an annoying boyfriend, he never sees his dad, and he can''t sleep because of a terrifying nightmare. Oh, and to top it off, his goldfish is dying. Jasper is overwhelmed with bad thoughts. Are they a sign of disaster to come? The only place he feels safe is in the tree in his front yard. But then the unimaginable happens: his nightmare comes to life and everything spirals out of control. Jasper decides it''s finally time to face his nightmare.Bear is a moving, often laugh-out-loud funny story showing that even when you hit rock bottom, you never know what, or who, is around the corner.