Jasper's Story: Saving Moon Bears

For years Jasper, a moon bear, lived a miserable existence, held captive in a cage by bear farmers in rural China. The farmers extracted the bile from Jasper's body and sold it to be used in traditional medicines. It's a horrific practice and conducted on thousands of moon bears each year. But now Jasper has the chance to be free and live a life away from pain and torture. In 2000, Animals Asia, an animal welfare organization, rescued Jasper and other captive moon bears, taking them to its Moon Bear Rescue Centre. Here veterinarians attended to the bears' wounds, hoping to give them some chance of a peaceful existence in the animal sanctuary. But after so many years of abuse Jasper's wounds, both physical and mental, are extensive. Can Jasper mend his body and mind and finally enjoy the life he was meant to live?

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
Published: 03/01/2013
ISBN: 9781585367986
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 10.10h x 10.20w x 0.40d
Award: Alabama Camellia Award - Nominee

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2013
Booklist 03/15/2013 pg. 74
School Library Journal 04/01/2013 pg. 152
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2013 pg. 146 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 158653 / Jasper's Story: Saving Moon Bears
Reading Level: 5.6 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5