The loyal fox, meanwhile, must figure out how to survive in the wild-though never losing hope that his boy will return for him.
Almost as soon as he arrives at his grandfather's, Peter is overcome with guilt, and he sets off under the cover of darkness to trek the 300 miles back to his home, where he prays he'll find Pax. Peter's father is about to leave for the frontlines, and while he's away, Peter must live with his grandfather out in the country-and his father makes it clear that there is no place for Pax in Peter's temporary home. Perspectives alternate between the boy and the fox, and readers learn that a terrible war rages in this land.
Set in an intentionally undefined time and place that could very well be a near-future America, the novel opens with a heartbreaking scene of a tame red fox, Pax, being abandoned at the side of the road by his beloved boy, Peter. Pennypacker, author of the exuberant "Clementine" series (Disney-Hyperion) and the charmingly morbid Summer of the Gypsy Moths (HarperCollins, 2012), here displays not only her formidable writing skills and a willingness to stretch her storytelling into increasingly complex narrative forms but also her ability to tackle dark and weighty themes with sensitivity and respect for the child reader. Gr 4–7-A viscerally affecting story of war, loss, and the power of friendship.
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