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Pax
by Sara Pennypacker
This is a sad and rather beautiful story about the strong links we form with our beloved pets (in this case boy and fox), about loyalty, about fixing what we've done wrong, and about knowing yourself.
A war is coming and the boy's father sends him off to live with his grandfather about 200 miles away. He also insists that the boy abandon Pax (the fox) in the wild. This is the first time the boy has ever been deceitful to the fox and it hurts them both immensely.
As soon as the boy is at his grandfather's he realises how terrible it was to abandon Pax, and he runs away that very night to go back and rescue him. After all, Pax has never had to fend for himself. How will he eat? How will he survive? To complicate the journey, the boy doesn't get very far when he breaks his leg. A woman living alone on an old homestead ends up setting the leg and helping him until he's able to keep going.
At the same time we read Pax's story - his encounters with wild foxes, and with soldiers. We hear his thoughts and his conversations with the other foxes. We learn a lot about foxes, and a lot about love and loyalty.
This book is beautifully written - it handles difficult subjects in a sensitive way, yet keeps the pace going. Lovely!
A war is coming and the boy's father sends him off to live with his grandfather about 200 miles away. He also insists that the boy abandon Pax (the fox) in the wild. This is the first time the boy has ever been deceitful to the fox and it hurts them both immensely.
As soon as the boy is at his grandfather's he realises how terrible it was to abandon Pax, and he runs away that very night to go back and rescue him. After all, Pax has never had to fend for himself. How will he eat? How will he survive? To complicate the journey, the boy doesn't get very far when he breaks his leg. A woman living alone on an old homestead ends up setting the leg and helping him until he's able to keep going.
At the same time we read Pax's story - his encounters with wild foxes, and with soldiers. We hear his thoughts and his conversations with the other foxes. We learn a lot about foxes, and a lot about love and loyalty.
This book is beautifully written - it handles difficult subjects in a sensitive way, yet keeps the pace going. Lovely!