Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day, the unimaginable happens: Peter's dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild.
At his grandfather's house, three hundred miles away from home, Peter knows he isn't where he should be—with Pax. He strikes out on his own despite the encroaching war, spurred by love, loyalty, and grief, to be reunited with his fox.
Meanwhile Pax, steadfastly waiting for his boy, embarks on adventures and discoveries of his own. . . .
This is a beautiful book, and while perhaps lacking the tear-jerking tragedy of Bel Ria or Stone Fox, Pennypacker maintains that knife-edge suspense that at any moment things could go very wrong. There is also a depth of thought and introspection here that is often lacking in childrens/YA novels. The illustrations by Jon Klassen are minimal, but add a nice touch.
Heartwarming story about a boy trying to get his wolf back. The story is told from the boy's perspective as well as the fox's.
An incredible story, a friendship between a boy and his fox set during the outbreak of war. The plot was good, the characters great (especially the wonderful Vola, you can't help but love her), the setting works well too (easy to use the setting to give the reader a big moral ending) and there are some lovely illustrations, they almost look like they were drawn using charcoal. I also loved how the boy and the fox get alternating chapters.
There is something missing though, I can't figure out what it is, at times my daughter and myself found ourselves getting bored, those scenes you always get in books where the pace slows down and you do a flash back were so dull, I could see my daughter's mind starting to wander and she started to get fidgety.
It's a shame really as we both enjoyed most of the book, the …
An incredible story, a friendship between a boy and his fox set during the outbreak of war. The plot was good, the characters great (especially the wonderful Vola, you can't help but love her), the setting works well too (easy to use the setting to give the reader a big moral ending) and there are some lovely illustrations, they almost look like they were drawn using charcoal. I also loved how the boy and the fox get alternating chapters.
There is something missing though, I can't figure out what it is, at times my daughter and myself found ourselves getting bored, those scenes you always get in books where the pace slows down and you do a flash back were so dull, I could see my daughter's mind starting to wander and she started to get fidgety.
It's a shame really as we both enjoyed most of the book, the ending was cracking too.
It's a nice book and you should give it a read.
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