Alison McGhee

Kathi Appelt

When her sister Sylvie goes missing on a snowy morning and is never seen again, Jules refuses to believe she is gone forever, meanwhile, in the shadow world, a shadow fox is born.

Maybe a Fox

Mary Horton

Well...there went my heart.

THIS BOOK HONESTLY CRUSHED MY SOUL LIKE A GRAPE. I can't even tell you how emotional this made me. 

I would give it five stars if not for some...odd spiritual stuff in it. The book talked a lot about creatures being "linked" to nature and other such things, and I wasn't all that fond of that. However, the writing was just lovely and laced with raw emotion. I WANT TO HUG ALL THE PRECIOUS, HURTING CHARACTERS. <3

Now if you'll excuse me, I'll just be trying to piece my heart back together.

Worlds collide in a spectacular way when Newbery and National Book Award finalist Kathi Appelt and Pulitzer Prize nominee and #1 New York Times bestseller Alison McGhee team up to create a fantastical, heartbreaking, and gorgeous tale about two sisters, a fox cub, and what happens when one of the sisters disappears forever. Sylvie and Jules, Jules and Sylvie. Better than just sisters, more than best friends, they’d be identical twins if only they’d been born in the same year. And if only Sylvie wasn’t such a fast—faster than fast—runner. But Sylvie is too fast, and when she runs to the river they’re not supposed to go anywhere near to throw a wish rock just before the school bus comes on a snowy morning, she runs so fast that no one sees what happens…and no one ever sees her again. Jules is devastated, but she refuses to believe what all the others believe, that—like their mother—her sister is gone forever. At the very same time, in the shadow world, a shadow fox is born—half of the spirit world, half of the animal world. She too is fast—faster than fast—and she senses danger. She’s too young to know exactly what she senses, but she knows something is very wrong. And when Jules believes one last wish rock for Sylvie needs to be thrown into the river, the human and shadow worlds collide. Writing in alternate voices—one Jules’s, the other the fox’s—Kathi Appelt and Alison McGhee tell the searingly beautiful tale of one small family’s moment of heartbreak, a moment that unfolds into one that is epic, mythic, shimmering, and most of all, hopeful.

Line <3

Very good! 100% recommend, I have also not cried so much because of a book before

Rebecca Light

A beautiful, simple story about the mystery and pain of loss. I gravitate toward stories about loss in my own writing, so this was a helpful read for me. For one because it showed me that I don't need to concern myself with being "too sad." This book was saaaaad. And beautiful and heartening. But really sad. It starts sad and it ends sad. And kids can take it. At least I think they can. I guess I'd be curious to hear from a reader in the intended age group. My guess is, they can handle it. Kids get acquainted with sad at a young age and stories like this provide solidarity and comfort.

Maybe a Fox

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