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description: Key Features Description No one asked Tom how he would feel about spending two months on his Aunt Millie's farm. Maybe that's because he would have said he didn't feel good about it at all. Tom doesn't like animals and they don't like him - and now the city boy has to put up with stampeding baby lambs, boy-chasing chickens, and more. Worst of all, he's lonely. With no friends around, there isn't much for him to do besides explore the fields and nearby forest on his own. Then Tom sees a graceful black fox in the woods. Suddenly he finds he can spend hours watching her. Without even realizing it, he starts to become more comfortable with the power, beauty, and mysterious magic of the natural world, and to feel that he is a part of nature himself. When the lives of his fox and her cub are in danger, Tom knows that he has to do something. Betsy Byars, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Summer of the Swans, The Pinballs, and numerous other books for young readers, has created a thoughtful environmental story with a likable hero. Her full, detailed descriptions of the fox and her world make nature come alive for readers just as it gradually does for Tom himself. But it's Tom's believable, strong connection with the midnight fox that makes this book so compelling for both city kids and country kids alike. No one asked Tom how he would feel about spending two months on his Aunt Millie's farm. Maybe that's because he would have said he didn't feel good about it at all. Tom doesn't like animals and they don't like him - and now the city boy has to put up with stampeding baby lambs, boy-chasing chickens, and more. Worst of all, he's lonely. With no friends around, there isn't much for him to do besides explore the fields and nearby forest on his own. Then Tom sees a graceful black fox in the woods. Suddenly he finds he can spend hours watching her. Without even realizing it, he starts to become more comfortable with the power, beauty, and mysterious magic of the natural world, and to feel that he is a part of nature himself. When the lives of his fox and her cub are in danger, Tom knows that he has to do something. Betsy Byars, Newbery Medal-winning author of The Summer of the Swans, The Pinballs, and numerous other books for young readers, has created a thoughtful environmental story with a likable hero. Her full, detailed descriptions of the fox and her world make nature come alive for readers just as it gradually does for Tom himself. But it's Tom's believable, strong connection with the midnight fox that makes this book so compelling for both city kids and country kids alike. Product Details Item #: NTS32874 9780590328746 Paperback Book 160 Realistic Fiction 4 - 6 Lexile® 970L Guided Reading GR Level R DRA 40 ACR 4.9 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 		 			The Midnight Fox 			 				 Paperback Book 			 		 		 			 				 				5.21 				Out Of Stock 				 				 					Out Of Stock 					 						 						Email me when back in stock 					 					 				 				 			 		 	 	 		 			 	 Top 	 	 	 		{{#if inStock}} 	 	{{#if isSubscribe}} 			 		 {{button.label}} 		 			{{else}} 	 {{button.label}} 		 {{/if}} 		{{/if}} 	 {{#if isOutofStock}} 	 		 	 			 {{oosMessage}} 	 			{{#if isTSO}} 		 					 			 		 		{{/if}} 		 		 	 		 	 {{/if}} 	 {{#if isLearnMore}} 		{{#if learnMoreUrl}} 	 	 	 	 	{{/if}} 	{{#if learnMorePhone}} 	 		Contact Us{{learnMoreNumber}} 	 	{{/if}} 	 {{/if}} 	 x 			 			 			 				 			 			 			 				 				 				 					 						 						 					 				 				 				 				 				 				 	 		 What can we help you find? Search 			 			 			 			 			 				 					 					 				 			 			 				 			 			 			 			 				 			 			 			 			 			 			 			 			 				 	 	 PRIVACY POLICY TERMS OF USE TM ® &amp; © 2021 Scholastic Inc. All Rights Reserved. if(_satellite) {_satellite.pageBottom();} commonUtil.enableMouseflow(); Key Features Item #: NTS32874 9780590328746 Paperback Book 160 Realistic Fiction 4 - 6 Lexile® 970L Guided Reading GR Level R DRA 40 ACR 4.9
language: English
title: The Midnight Fox
titlecomplete: The Midnight Fox
genres: Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Animals, Childrens, School, Novels, Young Adult, Classics, Animal Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 1221
awards: awardedAt: 28800000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
publisher: scholastic