rslove1285 's review for:

Pax by Sara Pennypacker
5.0

This middle-grade book had me from the moment I saw the cover. Jon Klassen is the illustrator and his drawings evoke so much emotion for me. Klassen has illustrated several books, including I Want My Hat Back, This Is Not My Hat, and Sam & Dave Dig A Hole. I love all of those. This novel, however, is not a picture book. This is a well-crafted, expertly-written story with beautiful language and sentence structure. The drawings are an added bonus.

A boy, his fox, a war, and learning what you believe in and who you are. This will be on my library shelf soon, and I can't wait to see what the students think of it.