5/29/2023 0 Comments Maybe a Fox by Kathi Appelt![]() ![]() gently beautiful story So tenderly written, with the woods of Vermont and its creatures conjured as the human characters, this is the perfect book for 10-year-olds-plus to curl up with on a winter’s night. Written in alternate voices – one Jules, the other the fox – this searingly beautiful tale tells of one small family’s moment of heartbreak as it unfolds into something epic, mythic, shimmering and, most of all, hopeful. When Jules goes to throw one last wish rock into the river for her lost sister, the human and shadow worlds collide with unexpected consequences. ![]() She, too, is fast, and she senses danger. At that very moment, in another part of the woods, a shadow fox is born: half of the spirit world, half of the animal world. But Sylvie is too fast, and when she runs to the most dangerous part of the river one snowy morning to throw in a wish rock, she is so fast that no one sees what happens when she disappears. Jules’ favourite thing is collecting rocks, and Sylvie’s is running – fast. Better than just sisters, better than best friends. Worlds collide spectacularly when Newbery and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt and Pulitzer Prize nominee and #1 New York Times bestseller Alison McGhee team up to create a fantastical, heartbreaking and gorgeous tale about two sisters, a fox cub … and what happens when one sister disappears. ![]()
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