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Loading... The Midnight Fox (original 1968; edition 1981)by Betsy Byars (Author)
Work InformationThe Midnight Fox by Betsy Byars (1968)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 00008781 Lovely. I'm surprised it's not a Newbery Honor, as it reads just like them. Getting inside Tom's head is a trip - and a real education in empathy. I can imagine some kids would be bored, and of course now some of the details are out-of-date (color television, reluctance to realize city boy wouldn't want to kill fox, young woman getting married to guy who demands she lose 20 lbs). But this book is brilliantly written and would appeal to any sensitive & imaginative reader, young or old. Tom thinks that going to his relatives' farm will be just as bad as every other athletic thing his parents have forced him to do. It starts out bad, but Tom spots a black fox and spends the summer watching her and her baby. Towards the end, the fox gets into the chickens, and his uncle hunts it by catching the baby and putting it in a cage. Tom releases the baby in the middle of the night, but his Aunt and Uncle understand. no reviews | add a review
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Tony dislikes spending the summer on his aunt's farm until he discovers a black fox in the forest and tracks her to her den. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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