Reviews - The Midnight Fox

29 reviews for:

The Midnight Fox

Betsy Byars

3.55 AVERAGE

taythec00l's review against another edition

3.5

emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

iwasmidnightrain's review against another edition

3.0

It was cool story to read with my third graders as we finish off the school year. Some of the incidents in the story haven’t really aged well in my opinion (for example, Hazeline’s family berating her about her overeating and generally just not giving a shit about her in general...while our young narrator pretends this is all fine), but all in all I thought the main characters were really interesting for different reasons. I really liked how thoughtful and introspective our narrator is. The choice he makes in the end seems easy as an adult, but not so much so when I then think about it from my students’ perspectives. I like that in a children’s story. My other issue with this story is that not much really happens plot-wise, which I suppose is a result of most of the pages being dedicated to Tom’s aforementioned thoughtfulness and insight.

My favorite part of this story has to be Petie Burkis. I love this kid. I feel like I’ve met him before. Everyone deserves their own Petie Burkis friend, in my opinion.