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MORE HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GREG!!!
3.5 rounding up to 4 because this book wasn't written for old ladies like me with no juice left in their hearts.
it's a sweetly sad middle grade novel about grief and the coping mechanisms and magical thinking we cling to in order to carry on living in the aftermath of devastating loss. and also, magical animals.
let's be clear - i read this because of the fox on the cover, thinking it would be like Pax. and surface-level it is - it's a sad book that involves a fox, bu ...more
3.5 rounding up to 4 because this book wasn't written for old ladies like me with no juice left in their hearts.
it's a sweetly sad middle grade novel about grief and the coping mechanisms and magical thinking we cling to in order to carry on living in the aftermath of devastating loss. and also, magical animals.
let's be clear - i read this because of the fox on the cover, thinking it would be like Pax. and surface-level it is - it's a sad book that involves a fox, bu ...more
Lovely little book about life and death and dealing with grief. Not too heavy for kids (the intended audience) for once, and very nice use of animals and nature as characters, rather than METAPHORS, CHILDREN. I can see why this is getting a lot of awards buzz.
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Sep 19, 2015
Liz
marked it as to-read
Jun 11, 2016
Liz
marked it as to-read
