Gentle Ben by Walt Morey

This book is about a boy called Mark who has a bear called Ben as a pet! But when the other men discover that there is a bear in their town, they all want to kill Ben, can he convince them that he is tame, and just a pet?

I think that this book is best for 8+ and I also think it is very well written, and very gripping – you always want to keep on reading it.