The midnight fox / by Betsy Byars. Illustrated by Ann Grifalconi.

Title :

The midnight fox

Author:

Byars, Betsy Cromer.

Format:

Books

Summary:

Tony dislikes spending the summer on his aunt's farm until he discovers a black fox in the forest and tracks her to her den.

Language:

English

Audience:

970 Lexile.

ISBN - ISSN:

0670474738

0670474746

0140314504

Physical Description:

157 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Contents:

Bad News 1 -- Trouble with Leaving 10 -- Abandoned 16 -- Stranger 25 -- Black Fox 29 -- Hazeline 37 -- Discovery at the Field 46 -- Forest Chase 50 -- Uncle Fred 57 -- Search 65 -- Tragedy Begins 74 -- One Fear 79 -- Tacooma! 86 -- Unwilling Hunter 94 -- Den 101 -- Captured 108 -- Stormy Rescue 117 -- Good-by 126 -- A Memory 130.

Subject:

Foxes -- Fiction.

Farm life -- Fiction.

Fiction.

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Summary

Tom is forced to stay at his aunt's house in the country when his parents go on vacation. Unhappy at first, he slowly learns to appreciate the land and the animals. One day, he finds a fox and her cub, and this unlikely trio forms a close friendship. Tom's adventures with the foxes make his stay in the country go by very quickly, and before he knows it, the vacation is over! Text copyright 2004 Lectorum Publications, Inc.

Author Notes

Betsy Cromer Byars was born in1928. She graduated from Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina. While she was in graduate school, she began writing articles for The Saturday Evening Post and Look.

Byars writes novels for young people. She is an expert at tapping in to the pain of adolescence, using bits of her own experience to flavor her characters. She is author of more than 60 books and has won numerous awards. Her book about a 14-year-old girl and her mentally retarded brother, The Summer of the Swans (1970), won the Newberry Award as the most distinguished contribution to children's literature that year. Other books include The 18th Emergency (1973), The TV Kid (1976), and After the Goat Man (1995).

Betsy Byars died on February 26,2020 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

Gr. 3-7. Tommy reluctantly agrees to spend the summer on a farm with his aunt and uncle. During long days alone in the woods, he becomes enthralled by the fascinating life of a wild fox and her pup.