The Midnight Fox: 1 (Faber Children's Classics)

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my fox is better than an ordinary fox. It will live for ever, it will never suffer from hunger or hounds. I have it with me wherever I go. And I made it … through imagining it clearly enough and finding the living words.'

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Byars, Betsy Cromer. (2009). Boo's surprise. Brooks, Erik, 1972- (1sted.). New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 978-0-8050-8817-5. OCLC 278980721. Midnight is actually quite on the childish side. Since her parents were killed when she was 6, and she had no company since then (until today of course), she still acts somewhat like a 6-year old. She tries to avoid talking to people as much as possible, knowing that she is slightly infused with asperger syndrome, and can never talk to anyone too well. She covers her "sad and childish" personality by acting somewhat serious, but not cold. She can't figure out which side she's on, Mephiles' or Sonic's. She and Mephiles are a couple, but at the same time wants to protect everyone on Sonic's side, and whenever Mephiles tries to kill any of the heroes, Midnight uses her invisibility power and watches the whole fight, and at the end of it, if they are hurt, dead or unconcious, she will revive them, after Mephiles leaves of course so he won't think she betrayed him. It's safe to say I didn't have any sort of expectations. From the name and cover, it looked like it was going to be a bit twee and without much merit, but I was pleasantly surprised, as I mentioned. It's definitely Michael Morpurgo-esque (although as it might predate him, I guess that should be the other way around), and I mean that in a good way. It's a story about a slightly troubled child and a bond with an animal, as many of his are, but there is also some real emotion in the book.A home-renovation project is interrupted by a family of wrens, allowing a young girl an up-close glimpse of nature. It has been a very long time since I first read this book. I'm not sure what made it pop into my head, but I am glad it did. Right from the beginning I was hooked. What a lead! Kuznets, Lois R. (1981). "Betsy Byars' Slice of 'American Pie' ". Children's Literature Association Quarterly. Johns Hopkins University Press. 5 (4): 31–33. doi: 10.1353/chq.0.1857. S2CID 144268031.

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The descriptions of settings and of country values are coherent, vivid and unusual. A city reader is taken into the smells and tastes of the country. The voice is that of the poet, the first person singular ‘I’. The present tense gives a sense of immediacy and excitement.There is some controversy around feeding the foxes in your garden, but if you feed them in the right way, they can bring a huge amount of joy to your family.