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Finding the Fox

by Ali Sparkes

Series: Shapeshifter (1)

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Dax Jones is an ordinary schoolboy . . . until something extraordinary happens one day. Whilst frightened for his life, he inexplicably changes into a fox! Before long, both a government agent and an ambitious young journalist are on his tail. The agent tells him that he is one of severalchildren with special powers and he's been offered a place at a secret government school where he can develop, and learn to control, these powers. If Dax accepts, on no account can he tell anybody, especially not the journalist.Dax jumps at the chance of attending the boarding school. His home life is unhappy and he would do anything to escape it. And when he gets to the school, he is amazed to find himself amongst kids with all sorts of talents, from the ability to levitate to the ability to move things using only themind. Dax immediately feels at home. But first the journalist tracks him down. And then he begins to wonder who exactly is behind the school, and what they want from the pupils there. Suddenly Dax's fox senses are on high alert . . .… (more)
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First book in a series, feels slightly formulaic, but is still very enjoyable. Dax is a boy who lives with his cruel stepmother and spoiled step sister, who finds out one day he has the power to turn into a fox. This gets him taken away to a school for Children of Limitless Ability, which is a glorious complex hidden behind an old tin mine and built into a cliff in Cornwall, cascading down to a salt water lido. He makes friends, finds out that not everyone has his best interests at heart, and Saves The Day.

Oddly, the protagonists are years older than in the Boy with Two Heads, but read as years younger. It's a similar story in a lot of ways (discovering new powers, realising you can't trust all those in authority over you), but this is much gentler and sweeter with more traditionally moral messages. ( )
  atreic | Jul 5, 2018 |
Too young for me (12) ( )
  Will48 | Feb 26, 2007 |
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Dax Jones is an ordinary schoolboy . . . until something extraordinary happens one day. Whilst frightened for his life, he inexplicably changes into a fox! Before long, both a government agent and an ambitious young journalist are on his tail. The agent tells him that he is one of severalchildren with special powers and he's been offered a place at a secret government school where he can develop, and learn to control, these powers. If Dax accepts, on no account can he tell anybody, especially not the journalist.Dax jumps at the chance of attending the boarding school. His home life is unhappy and he would do anything to escape it. And when he gets to the school, he is amazed to find himself amongst kids with all sorts of talents, from the ability to levitate to the ability to move things using only themind. Dax immediately feels at home. But first the journalist tracks him down. And then he begins to wonder who exactly is behind the school, and what they want from the pupils there. Suddenly Dax's fox senses are on high alert . . .

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