LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
Rich in atmosphere, the clever intertwining of two stories, one human and one animal, gives a new way of exploring grief in this magical realism story. Jules and Sylvie. Sisters together and forever. But then Sylvie disappears playing by the Slip, a dangerous spot in the river at the end of their garden. Jules’s powerful wishes and her cries for help as she tries to find answers to where her sister has gone are heard by a young fox cub born with a gift from human understanding. Can the coming together of the two provide some answers? A moving story which is ultimately full of hope. ~ Julia Eccleshare
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Maybe a Fox Synopsis
Sylvie and Jules, Jules and Sylvie. Better than just sisters, better than best friends. Jules' favourite thing is collecting rocks, and Sylvie's is running - fast. 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. 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. She, too, is fast, and she senses danger. 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. 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.
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9781406372892 |
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3rd November 2016 |
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Alison McGhee, Kathi Appelt |
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Walker Books Ltd |
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Paperback |
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About Alison McGhee, Kathi Appelt
Kathi Appelt is the author of the Newbery Honoree, National Book Award finalist and bestselling The Underneath as well as the National Book Award finalist The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp, Keeper, and many picture books, including Counting Crows. She has two grown-up children and lives in College Station, Texas, with her husband. Visit her at https://www.kathiappelt.com/home/.
Alison McGhee is the New York Times bestselling author of Someday, as well as Firefly Hollow, Little Boy, So Many Days, ByeBye Crib, A Very Brave Witch, and the Bink and Gollie books, which are co-written with Kate DiCamillo. Her other children’s books include All Rivers Flow to the Sea and Snap. She lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota; you can visit her at https://alisonmcghee.com/.
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