by Betsy Byars · FABER CHILDREN'S BOOKS · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571310333
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«The Midnight Fox» is the children's and young adult novel by Betsy Byars, published by Faber Children's Books in paperback (208 pages, in English).
Tom, a city boy, is forced to stay at his aunt Millie's farm while his parents travel. Rural life feels strange to him, but he soon discovers a black fox with green eyes living with her cubs in the woods. The summer fills with excitement, until Fred, Tom's uncle, decides to hunt the fox and Tom must choose whether to intervene.
The novel was originally published in 1968 and was awarded the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. This edition belongs to the Faber Children's Classics collection.
For middle grade readers and young fans of animal and nature stories.
Betsy Byars was an American author of children's books. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award for Young People's Literature for The Night Swimmers (1980) and an Edgar Award for Wanted... Mud Blossom (1991).
