George Saunders

In this darkly comic fable, idealistic Fox 8's ability to communicate in "Yuman" cannot save his pack when their den and food supply are destroyed to build a mall, so he writes a letter asking for an explanation of human's cruelty.

A Story

Fox 8

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a darkly comic short story about the unintended consequences unleashed by our quest to tame the natural world—featuring gorgeous black-and-white illustrations by Chelsea Cardinal. Fox 8 has always been known as the daydreamer in his pack, the one his fellow foxes regard with a knowing snort and a roll of the eyes. That is, until he develops a unique skill: He teaches himself to speak “Yuman” by hiding in the bushes outside a house and listening to children’s bedtime stories. The power of language fuels his abundant curiosity about people—even after “danjer” arrives in the form of a new shopping mall that cuts off his food supply, sending Fox 8 on a harrowing quest to help save his pack. Told with his distinctive blend of humor and pathos, Fox 8 showcases the extraordinary imaginative talents of George Saunders, whom The New York Times called “the writer for our time.”

edgar a. kowalski 

Idealistic Fox 8's ability to communicate in "Yuman" cannot save his pack when their den and food supply are destroyed to build a mall, so he writes a letter asking for an explanation of human's cruelty.

Emiley Jones

Stella Tran

So friggin' delightful. Or shall I say - much deliteful all yumans shud red this?

Stef

"One leson I lerned during my nites at that Yuman window was: a gud riter will make the reeder feel as bad as the Yuman does in there Story. Like the riter will make you feel as bad as Sinderela. You will feel sad you cannot go to the danse. And mad you have to sweep. You will feel like biting Stepmother on her Gown. Or, if you are Penokio, you will feel like: I wud rather not be made of wud. I wud rather be made of skin, so my father Jipeta will stop hitting me with a hamer. And so farth."

mighty dragon 

"If you want your storys to end happy, try being niser."

Julija M

“If you Yumans wud take one bit of advise from a meer Fox? By now I know that you Yumans like your Storys to end hapy?
If you want your Storys to end happy, try being niser.”

Michael Chen

zilver 

“Then due to feeling ‘luv,’ wud bend down, putting snout and lips to the heds of her pups, which was called: ‘gudnite kiss.’ Which I got a kik out of that! Because that is also how we show our luv for our pups, as Foxes! It made me feel gud, like Yumans cud feel luv and show luv. In other werds, hope full for the future of Erth!”

what an adorable, stirring little book. told by fox 8, it narrates a small, dreemer of a fox’ perspective on his life and on the yumans that live around him. it goes from extremely funny to painful and from deep to dry in mere sentences. a highly recommended tiny read.

Sophie Shrimpton

I listened to this falling asleep for three nights. It was not a pleasant bedtime story, but it was pleasantly written. Fox 8's constant reference to 'yuman's' while describing the destruction of their home, the death of their friends, and their lack of hope for the future was disturbing. I liked the self-referencing ending - Fox 8 writes to the yuman's saying they like a happy ending in a story and Fox 8 can't offer one, but if yuman's want there to be one they have to stop the destruction of the environment. I also like how they glorify yuman's and what they can make and makes explicit the confusion as to how yuman's can make such beautiful things but also be so destructive.

Audiobook ‘read’

Jolin Masson

I wozlike: un rare livre qu’on a envie de lire à voix haute. Fox 8 ne sait peut-être pas bien écrire, mais il sait assurément comment raconter une histoire!

Fox 8 A Story

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