Pax
"After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back"--
| Main Author: | Pennypacker, Sara, 1951- |
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| Other Authors: | Klassen, Jon, |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, NY :
Balzer + Bray, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
[2016]
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| Physical Description: |
276 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: |
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| Summary: |
"After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back"-- Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day the unimaginable happens : Peter's dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild. At his grandfather's house three hundred miles away from home, Peter knows he isn't where he should be - with Pax. He strikes out on his own despite the encroaching war, spurred by love, loyalty, and grief, to be reunited with his fox. Meanwhile Pax, steadfastly waiting for his boy, embarks on adventures and discoveries of his own ... From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes a beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the essential truths that define us and the devastating costs of war. Pax is destined to become a beloved classic. -- from dust jacket. |
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| Item Description: |
"After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back"-- Provided by publisher. Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day the unimaginable happens : Peter's dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild. At his grandfather's house three hundred miles away from home, Peter knows he isn't where he should be - with Pax. He strikes out on his own despite the encroaching war, spurred by love, loyalty, and grief, to be reunited with his fox. Meanwhile Pax, steadfastly waiting for his boy, embarks on adventures and discoveries of his own ... From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes a beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the essential truths that define us and the devastating costs of war. Pax is destined to become a beloved classic. -- from dust jacket. Ages 10-14. Accelerated Reader AR 5.3 8.0 179541. Reading Counts 3-5 5.6 13. Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 8.0 179541. AR 5.3 8.0. Accelerated Reader AR 5.3 8.0 179541. MCPL. National Book Award Nominee for Young People's Literature, 2016. |
| Physical Description: |
276 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Audience: |
Ages 10-14. |
| Awards: |
National Book Award Nominee for Young People's Literature, 2016. |
| ISBN: |
9780062377012 0062377019 9780008124090 0008124094 |