1. Seekers: The Quest Begins Comparing and contrasting characters!!! LINDSAY MERLINE AND TASNIA HOSSAIN

2. CharactersCharacters IN THE BOOK

3. Characters Ashia- Black Bear Stella- Black Bear King- Black Bear Tobi- Brown Bear Taqqiq- Polar (White) Bear Yogi- Black Bear Nanuk (White) Kallik- Polar (White) Bear Toklo- Brown Bear Lusa- Black Bear Ujurak (transforms into different animals) Nisa- Polar (white) Bear Oka- Brown Bear

5. Summary Three bears from different species---- black, polar and grizzly– are separated from their families as young cubs. Each determined to survive in the harsh weather they find themselves brought together on a perilous journey guided by a shape-shifting grizzly cub who’s life with affect them all. It’s going to be a future they cannot forget.

7. Smooth Pelt------- No Claws------------- Flat Face------------- Fire beast------------ Death stick------ The place of Everlasting Ice---- The Bear Bowl------ Human Humans Human Car Gun Arctic Sea Zoo

9. Kallik And Toklo Her mom died of a killer whale attack She’s a polar bear She’s all alone in most of the book Her brother is lost Kallik’s a girl KALLIK TOKLO Both their parents “left” them They are both bears They both live in the wilderness They both have to survive with out a mom or dad They both have siblings Both of their siblings are “gone” His mom abandoned him His brother died His mother died when she was in the “Bear Bowl” (AKA the zoo) Toklo is a boy

10. Oka and King Both are really grumpy They both have been in the wild They both have lived in the Bear Bowl Oka is a mom Oka abandoned her cub Oka is dead Oka died in the “Bear Bowl” AKA, the zoo Oka has two boy cubs Oka feels sad that she left Toklo Oka cannot climb trees King is a dad King is married to Ashia He doesn’t like Stella because she tells stories about the wild He has a girl cub and a boy cub King can climb trees King is alive and not dead

11. Lusa And Ujurak She’s lived in the Bear Bowl AKA the zoo She is used to getting fed She is a girl She has parents with her most of the time They both aren’t with a parent They both have to hunt for their food sometimes They are both with Toklo They have both been in the wild He’s always lived in the wild He’s a shape- shifting creature He is never with his real parents He is a boy He has to try and find his own food

12. Nisa Nisa died of a killer whale attack Nisa is a polar bear Nisa used to live in the wild Nisa has 2 cubs (Taqqiq and Kallik) Ashia Both They are both mothers They both have at least 1 cub They both have 1 girl cub They both are bears Both of their cubs are stranded and lost Ashia is still alive Ashia has a “husband” Ashia has only 1 cub (Lusa) Ashia lives in the bear bowl AKA the zoo Ashia’s cub ran away from the bear bowl

13. BYE! -Lindsay and Tasnia