Ratings

Content Ratings based on a 0-5 scale where
0 = no objectionable content and
5 = an excessive or disturbing level of content

Guide to Rating System

LANGUAGE

VIOLENCE

SEXUAL CONTENT

ADULT THEMES

Ratings Explanation

Violence: Animal kingdom violence. Bear kills a rabbit by sinking his teeth into its neck (it ends up being a dream), bear kills 3 seal cubs, mother bear is killed by orca whale, bears kill birds and rabbits to eat, bears attack each other over territories. A bear attacks a zookeeper. A bear, who is a shape shifter and turns into a boy, is shot and wounded.

Adult Themes: All three bears in the story are orphaned or abandoned and must make their way alone in the world. Toklo has a sick brother named Tobi. Toklo resents him because  their mother gives Tobi all of her attention and because he slows down their progress.  When Tobi dies their mother looses her senses. Thinking that Toklo is also dead, she tries to bury him. When she realizes that Toklo is alive, she chases him away and abandons him.

Synopsis

Seekers: The Quest Begins follows 3 young bears separated from their families as cubs. Navigating the dangerous world on their own is no easy task, but they all receive help along the way and also learn to help others. This is the first in the Seekers series.

We read this book aloud as a family and it took a REALLY long time. No one seemed to be very interested in it. Some books just aren’t written to be read aloud and perhaps this is one of them. I don’t plan on reading any more of the books in this series, but if your child really likes animal stories they just might enjoy this book.