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White Fox

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Dilah is a young white fox who returns home to find his mother gravely injured. Before she dies, she tells him of a secret treasure with the power to make animals human. But wicked blue foxes want it too and will stop at nothing to learn its whereabouts …

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Description

 

The first novel in the magical White Fox series – a beautifully illustrated tale of a young fox and a magical moonstone.

‘[A] delight, full of peril, friendship and mysticism’ FINANCIAL TIMES

A young white fox called Dilah returns home to find his mother gravely injured. Before she dies, she tells him about a treasure with the power to make animals human.

The clues to its location are contained in a moonstone buried beneath their den – but wicked blue foxes seek the treasure too, and Dilah must race to find it first.

Along the way, he meets all sorts of other creatures: a friendly seal, an ancient tortoise and a fierce leopard – but can he stay one step ahead?

  • The first book in the White Fox series
  • Themes of conservation, nature, civilisation and what it really means to be human
  • Translated by the award-winning Jennifer Feeley, with gorgeous black-and-white line illustrations by acclaimed Chinese artist Viola Wang
  • Continue the adventure with book 2, White Fox in the Forest

Additional information

Weight 0.21 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 13 × 2 cm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

250

Language

English

Edition

Paperback original

Dewey

895.136 (edition:23)

Readership

Ages 5-12 / Code: B