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2020 John Newbery Medal Awards
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last updated Mar 28, 2021 06:44AM
Final Round - 2020 Mock Newbery Award
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last updated Feb 05, 2020 12:39PM
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These foxes are enchanting and in constant peril. Your heart will break over and over again and you will never feel good about reading Peter Rabbit again.
I hear it all the time from grown-ups, "I just don't like talking animal books." We get it, you're grown, and you don't want to be seen crying over dead spiders, or artistic apes, or mouse knights. So, don't pay attention to this review. ...more
I hear it all the time from grown-ups, "I just don't like talking animal books." We get it, you're grown, and you don't want to be seen crying over dead spiders, or artistic apes, or mouse knights. So, don't pay attention to this review. ...more
I'd seen a positive review for this book, but had forgotten about it until it got the Newbery Honor. Instantly put it on hold, finally got the print book... and then COVID hit. By the time I'd had it for 10 weeks or so, a curious thing happened: we discovered we had foxes living under our shed. I took that as a sign it was time to read it.
I would have given this a '5' had it been a bit more accurate. What bothered me was the assertion that foxes have poor eyesight at night; this is not the case. ...more
I would have given this a '5' had it been a bit more accurate. What bothered me was the assertion that foxes have poor eyesight at night; this is not the case. ...more
As a scary campfire story is delivered to a den of seven kits by the Storyteller, one by one, as the tale unfolds and they meet their limit for horror, they leave. There are many things a small fox should fear, and two kits from different dens are left to face them. Plot driven with great dialogue makes the reader hear the characters, whether they be friend or foe, young or old. The events will have you holding your breath and hoping for a miracle, but rest assured, there is a happy ending. High
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This story was strangely compelling and I couldn't put it down even though it was a bit graphic in parts. Readers will be invested in the young foxes' tales and will want to see how the stories turn out! This is told from a the foxes point of view and probably not best for young sensitive readers.
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Aug 27, 2019
Barbara
rated it
really liked it
Shelves:
animals,
elderly-characters,
empowerment,
weather,
community,
cooking,
friendship,
art,
survival,
unlikely-friendships
I was riveted by this series of interlocking cautionary tales. While the stories are told to seven young foxes, all but one of whom head home before they are concluded, the messages that lie within those tales have great value for humans. The Antler Wood contains many frightening things, some best left to the imagination, and the seven young ones sneak out one night to find the storyteller and hear the stories that have hinted at during their short lives. Readers will be surprised to meet Beatri
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Given the fact that I typically do not like books about animals, this one was surprisingly pretty good.
This is seriously a scary book. Told as a story within a story, from the perspective of foxes, it covers a “yellow” disease that turns loving family and friends into ravenous murderers, a “Mrs Potter” who skins rabbits and foxes and mounts them after capturing their essence on paper, and an abusive dad who terrorized his vixens and wants to kill his lame son. It grew on me as I went along, mostly because Mia and Uly are such great characters and friends. One reviewer calls it a modern Watership
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I liked this. Which is saying A LOT because I generally detest talking animal stories. This was well written, creepy with scattered asides of humor. And gory. Definitely some gore, and while realistic and not glorified I'd be hesitant to give it to kids who are sensitive animal lovers.
Which brings me to my other issue...this managed to read both young and old at the same time; sort of shoehorned into a specific niche of 5th and 6th grade readers who love both the Warriors and the dark strangenes ...more
Which brings me to my other issue...this managed to read both young and old at the same time; sort of shoehorned into a specific niche of 5th and 6th grade readers who love both the Warriors and the dark strangenes ...more
I am so glad I read this book and I am not surprised that it is a Newbery Honor winner. Scary Stories for Young Foxes tells the story of two young kits as they navigate the horrors of the woods first alone and then together. The book was intense and anxious and ultimately heartwarming. Fantasy, adventure, and animal lovers all will enjoy this book. I loved it and those are not my top genres! I would recommend this for grades 5-8. This book was just plain great- adults would enjoy it as well. Bes
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What would ghost stories for foxes be like? Stories of rabies and alligators and humans would definitely top the list. This book was scary in just the right way and I loved that the author committed to the conceit that it was being told by foxes with just their knowledge of the world. I really liked that the book was structured with an old fox telling scary stories to young fox kits and then the story of Mia and Uly being the scary stories that are being told.
Mar 05, 2021
Amy
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
2020-heavy-medal-mock-newbery
This was a little spooky but not overly so and had a great ending. It was original and unique.
It's a Stephen Kingish horror story for kids with animals as characters that ends on a tender note.
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Apr 03, 2020
Becky Barrier Nelson
rated it
really liked it
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review of another edition
Shelves:
newbery-candidate-2020
Feb 22, 2020
Danielle
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
x2019,
x2019-middle-grade
