The Midnight Fox - Softcover

Byars, Betsy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140314504 ISBN 13: 9780140314502

Publisher: Puffin, 1981

Synopsis

No one asked Tom how he felt about spending two months on his Aunt Millie's farm. For a city boy, the farm holds countless terrors - stampeding baby lambs, boy-chasing chickens, and worst of all, lonliness. But everything changes when Tom sees the midnight fox. He can spend hours watching the graceful black fox in the woods. And when her life - and that of her cub - is in danger, Tom knows exactly what he must do.

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Review:

"This book holds one of my favorite characters, city bred Tom, who is doomed to spend the summer on his uncle's farm when his parents decide to take a long bicycle trip. Tom doesn't like animals, and they don't like him. But through quiet afternoons spent exploring the forest and fields, Tom becomes more aware of, and finally more comfortable, with the power and beauty of the natural world, and in the end acts to save a part of that world."--Children's Literature

Book Description:

'And then, this afternoon', Uncle Fred said to me, 'you and I'll go after the fox'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0140314504
• ISBN 13: 9780140314502
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160