Bastedo, Jamie

"Fourteen-year-old Indio McCracken enjoys instant stardom after his father post a video of him playing the guitar. Things quickly go sour when Indio's fame fuels his father's dream of raising the world's next Segovia. Robbed of a normal childhood, Indio desperately seeks escape online, creating an obsession that almost kills him. Facing school expulsion, or worse, Indio is shipped off to an addictions rehab center in the wilds of Northern Canada where the adventure of a lifetime awaits him."--Back cover.

A city slicker, a team of grizzley bear biologists, and an Inuk pilot search northern Canada for a real grizzly.

A naturalist shares his experience of winter with personal memories, and scientific tidbits, and includes commentary on the uses of winter as playtime.

Ashley has always had a special bond with the polar bears that inhabit her tiny Arctic village, and when a young girl is mangled by a bear, she sets out in search of the legendary spirit bear to understand the truth.