Saturday, May 7, 2016

Pax, Sara Pennypacker. Peter, a young boy and Pax, his pet fox are inseparable. Peter's mother died on her way to the grocery store and his unfeeling father must leave for war, meaning Peter must go to live with his grandfather. On their way, they stop by the edge of a woods to drop Pax off, who has never had to fend for himself. Realizing he made a terrible mistake, Peter runs away from his grandfather's to go back to hopefully find Pax in the same spot. He trips. He breaks his leg. He wakes up in the home of Vola, a reclusive woman who has her own demons to work through. She insists Peter stay with her so his leg can be casted and healed. Despite his protests, he stays; however, itching to leave and make his way back to Pax. She gives him three conditions and then she will let him go. When he senses he must leave, she says she can take him into town to catch a bus that will take him two-thirds of the way there. He consents; however, he has his own three conditions for her.

Told in alternate chapters by Peter and Pax. the reader follows the two as they make their way through war torn lands, coyote attacks and uncertain futures, back to one another. This is an emotional story sure to tug at the heartstrings as they realize they may not be able to go back to the way things once were.

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