A review by sociallyawkward_bookworm
Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker

Review for Battle of the Books 2023

313 pages. White male author. Divided into 8 “short stories” that come together. Foxes who are having the stories told to them don’t have names at first (are referred to as alpha, beta, and then numerically by birth order). Lyrical writing, very fairy tale/fable vibes, makes questions difficult. Descriptions are pretty visceral, in a circle of life kind of way.

Spoiler

First story: rabies. Second story: Disabled fox and basically an abusive father who wants to kill him, sister dies. Third story: back to foxes from story one. Caught by Beatrix Potter, who is definitely made to be a villain in the story. Fourth story brings the two storylines together. This book is just trauma left and right, but ends nice enough.

Not recommended for Battle.