ISBN: 9780753448342
Format: Paperback
Pub Date: 10/10/2023
Category: Wildlife (Children's / Teenage), Comic strip fiction / graphic novels (Children's / Teenage), Social issues: environment & green issues (Children's / Teenage), Vietnam, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Endangered, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Comics & Graphic Novels / General, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Bears, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Science & Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Jungle Animals, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Nature, animals, the natural world, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Cartoons and comic strips, Children’s / Teenage social topics: Environment, sustainability and green issues, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Bears, Vietnam, International Women’s Day
Imprint: Macmillan Children's Books
Price: $19.99
Pages: 120
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR ILLUSTRATION
When endlessly curious 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 teaching herself survival skills and learning all she can about the rainforest, Chang is finally accepted as a rescue centre volunteer. But her toughest challenge yet comes when she makes a vow to return Sorya - the sun bear she raised from infancy - back to the wild. Because despite being a different species, Sorya is Chang's best friend. And letting a friend go is never easy, even when it's the right thing to do.
Author Information
Trang Nguyen is a Vietnamese wildlife conservationist, environmental activist and writer, known for tackling the illegal wildlife trade in Africa and Asia. She graduated with her PhD in Biodiversity Management at the University of Kent, England. In 2018, Trang was featured in the documentary film Stroop: Journey into the Rhino Horn War alongside Jane Goodall. Trang is the founder and executive director of WildAct, an NGO that monitors the illegal wildlife trade markets and provides conservation education programmes for Vietnamese youth.
Jeet Zdung is an illustrator who fuses traditional Vietnamese art with manga, using pencils, watercolours, ink and other digital means to create works of beauty and innovation. He has won several awards, including a Silent Manga Audition Excellence Award for his manga Stand Up and Fly. Saving Sorya: Chang and the Sun Bear is his first children's book published in the UK. He lives in Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Nguyen Thi Thu Trang,
Jeet Zdung,
Trang Nguyen
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