The Polar Bear Explorers' Club

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By Alex Bell, and and, Tomislav Tomic
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57 reviews
It sounded like a respectable and worthy enough death for an explorer – tumbling from an ice bridge to be impaled upon a mammoth tusk – but Stella really, really didn’t want that to happen, just the same.
Join Stella Starflake Pearl and her three fellow explorers as they trek across the snowy Icelands and come face-to-face with frost fairies, snow queens, outlaw hideouts, unicorns, pygmy dinosaurs and carnivorous cabbages . . .
When Stella and three other junior explorers get separated from their expedition can they cross the frozen wilderness and live to tell the tale?
A gorgeously imaginative middle grade fantasy adventure combining the best of Peter Pan, Lemony Snicket, Northern Lights and Alice in Wonderland.
‘A magical adventure of friendship, bravery and derring-do in a richly imagined world.’ The Bookseller
‘A fantastic frosty adventure.’ Sunday Express
‘Wintry, atmospheric, highly imaginative fantasy.’ Metro
‘The most huggable book of the year . . . An (iced) gem.’ SFX
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Not finished yet, but enjoyed the start so far.
This was a fiction book that lit a spark of creativity of my imagination imagination
Best! Book! Ever!
I love fiction and this book is all about adventures in the Arctic! My favourite character is probably Stella (the only girl and she is courageous). I really like this book because they are living in the coldness and have some errors along the way...
It was an interesting book learning about the the adventures
A fantastic adventure story. Great characters who keep you on the edge of your seat throughout and make you want to read on. My Year 6 Reading Club are loving it so far.
I liked this book because it had a smile of mystery. The reason I didn’t like this book is because it had far to much adventure and action for my liking
Amasing
Very adventurous and mysterious book loved reading it. Yes, i would recommend it to other people
I really enjoyed this book.
Stella has always wanted to follow on her adoptive fathers footsteps and become a polar bear explorer but unfortunately women, let alone 12 year olds girls, are most definitely not allow to join. The polar bear explorers clubs is for bearded and moustached men who discover and bring back rare and extraordinary things from the icelands.
Yet, Stella finds a way and she and 3 other young explorers have the adventure of a life time meeting rare creatures, plants and finding out a personal secret or too as well.
This is a great book. I really could not put it down. I enjoyed the whole idea of exploring and being part of this group of young children experiencing their first taste of adventure together. It was easy to read but so much happened in it too.
I would recommend this book to anyone how loves adventure, surprise and danger.
I would DEFINITELY recommend this to anyone.
my favourite person is stella
very exciting because when stella founds out that she is an ice princess ,it gave me nightmares
This book is about Stella, an orphan, who was adopted by an explorer named Felix. He belongs to the Polar Bear Explorers Club. There are no females allowed at the Explorers club, but Stella is let in for a trial period. Stella goes on the adventure of a lifetime with them, finding new friends and finding out who she really is.
I really enjoyed this book because it involved magic and adventure – a great combination of story types. The characters seemed to come to life and the fascinating, unthought of creatures could be imagined as if I had seen them myself. This book had great plot with descriptive environments, so I rate it 5 stars. I am excited to read the next book in the series - Explorers on Witch Mountain.
Incredible.
A thrilling story about a girl named Stella Starflake Pearl who is on her first expedition to reach the coldest part of the Icelands with a group of young explorers. But when their group of four gets split up from the adults when a bridge breaks, how will they survive?
it was amazing their were 4 characters my favourite stella starflake pearl there was also shay silverton kipling'
ethan edward rook and beanie.I would l recomend it
This book is amazing. The imagination used for the characters, places and creatures is just superb. My favourite character has to be Beanie. I would definitely recommend that every child and adult reads this book.
I rated this book 5/5 because it is full to the brim with adventure! I love the fact that they explored a part of the Arctic that had never been seen before! I also liked that they got trapped in a snow queen’s castle and had to try and escape! I would recommend this book to anyone who likes snow, magic and adventure!
Had some brilliantly creative ideas and some good character development and storylines but then others that felt a little clichéd or contrived. Has potential so I'm interested to read others in the series and see how it develops.
This book is probably my best book of the year so far. The Polar Bear Explorers' Club is a fun adventure book with a mystery. One of the main characters is Stella. I love her adventures. I highly recommend this book to everyone. I wish you a pleasant reading.
I liked the tone of writing they used
This was an exciting book and I am looking forward to the others in the series.
I loved this book now my favourite book wish I brought it though
It was imaginative and funny. I enjoyed reading about all the strange creatures and objects.
A really creative story set in a world where you can have a unicorn for a pet, Pygmy dinosaurs in the orangery and carnivorous cabbages!
Stella is an orphan who was adopted by Felix when he found her alone in the Icelands. He’s an explorer and she wants nothing more than to be an explorer too. She finds herself on an adventure with some fellow young explorers but things don’t always run smoothly.
I really enjoyed the story. Definitely a good one if you like adventure and fantasy.
This book rattles along at speed and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It resembles other great well-known stories in some ways which give a good idea as to which children might love this book: The chronicles of Narnia, Cogheart, Northern Lights. The ending requires you to reach for the sequel.
Not as exciting as hoped and confusing plot about taking ages to get onboard ship to go on an adventure.
Interesting exiting book full of thrills
I really loved because it was adventurous