AUTHOR: Katherine Applegate
GENRE: Middle Grade Fiction, Fantasy, Children’s Fiction, Friendship
SUMMARY: Pocket Bear follows a small teddy bear who was created during World War I to fit in a soldier’s pocket as a good luck charm. More than a century later, he lives at the Second Chances Home for the Tossed and Treasured, a place where discarded stuffed animals are restored and given new homes. Pocket serves as a leader among the toys and is close friends with Zephyrina, a former street cat. Together with a young girl named Dasha and her mother, they care for abandoned toys. When Zephyrina brings home a new bear with a mysterious past, the group works to help him while navigating the challenges of their shared home.