Kodi
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
The gorgeous story of two friends separated by everything in the world—except love. Readers and animal lovers of every age will want to relive this journey over and over again. Katya and her Meema are spending another normal summer at their cottage in Alaska, when a chance accident leaves Katya face-to-face with the biggest creature she’s ever seen… an enormous kodiak bear, soon to become her closest friend. But when Katya suddenly returns home to Seattle, the two are torn apart, leaving Kodi to do whatever it takes to reunite with his fragile human friend. It’s a wild adventure packed with breathtaking views, new companions, and danger around every turn.
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Katya loves comics, fears water, and has suffered years of bullying from her peers about her protruding ears. Used to being alone, she spurns her Meema's suggestion to leave their summer cottage and make friends, but when she is caught in a rainstorm, she befriends a larger-than-life bear pinned by a downed tree. A sincere, heartfelt bond blossoms between them through touching moments: feeding Kodi, as she calls him ("That's enough to feed a bear," the fishmonger quips after a sale); reading comics; and wandering in the Alaskan woods. When Katya unexpectedly returns home to Seattle, Kodi pursues her to and through the city, hilariously disturbing residents and assisting a local fisherman. Each panel offers detail that merits close and appreciative examination. Lush, thoughtful watercolors breathe a stunning vibrancy into mundane activities (making a cup of tea) and places (a light-saturated urban street), and sweeping landscapes overlooking Alaskan wilderness. Though side stories notably the absence of Katya's parents and the cause of her hydrophobia go unexplored, the duo's winningly rendered friendship more than makes up for it. Ages 9 12.
