Pax (#1)

Author(s): Sara Pennypacker

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National Book Award Longlist * New York Times Bestseller * An Amazon Best Book of the Year This paperback edition has french flaps. From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes a beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the powerful relationship between a boy and his fox. Pax is destined to become a classic, beloved for generations to come. Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day, the unimaginable happens: Peter's dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild. At his grandfather's house, three hundred miles away from home, Peter knows he isn't where he should be--with Pax. He strikes out on his own despite the encroaching war, spurred by love, loyalty, and grief, to be reunited with his fox. Meanwhile Pax, steadfastly waiting for his boy, embarks on adventures and discoveries of his own. . . .


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This is a moving story about the extraordinary friendship between a boy and a fox and their epic journey to be reunited, set amongst the backdrop of war & surviving in the wild, the story is told from the alternating perspectives of Peter the boy & Pax the fox. Heart warming & full of emotion

Sara Pennypacker is the author of the award-winning, New York Times best-selling Clementine series, the novel 'Summer of the Gypsy Moths', and the picture books 'Pierre in Love', 'Sparrow Girl', and 'Meet the Dullards'. She lives in the US. You can visit her online at www.sarapennypacker.com. Jon Klassen is a Canadian writer and illustrator of children's books and an animator. He won both the American Caldecott Medal and the British Kate Greenaway Medal for children's book illustration, recognizing the 2012 picture book 'This is Not My Hat'.

General Fields

  • : 9780008158286
  • : HarperCollins Publishers Limited
  • : Harper Element
  • : 0.278
  • : September 2017
  • : 197mm X 140mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Sara Pennypacker
  • : Paperback
  • : Jon Klassen
  • : English
  • : [Fic]
  • : 288
  • : YFP