Hannah Gold writes middle-grade animal adventures in which a child’s relationship with wildlife becomes the centre of a larger environmental story. The Last Bear sends April to a remote Arctic island where she discovers a polar bear cut off from its usual habitat, while The Lost Whale follows Rio in California as he searches for a grey whale he has come to know. Finding Bear returns to April’s story, and Turtle Moon moves to a Costa Rican turtle sanctuary threatened by poaching. Gold’s novels are accessible, emotional and strongly plot-led, with remote landscapes, endangered animals and conservation woven into the adventure rather than added as background information. Her books fit animal fiction, eco-adventure and nature-centred middle-grade reading. Read more Less
