He scoops them out with a spoon, they laugh at this and how the threat of the fact you might have the bushbaby spoon is used to stop Hazeline's overeating. The dad finds it amusing that there are babies in it's pouch. The animal killing was brutal, they kill a bush baby and they all laugh at it being the most ugly thing they have every seen. I loved the relationship between Tommy and Petie, their friendship was wonderful, I loved their love of reading, their letters to each other and the way that although Tommy was bored at first, his boredom led him to discover new wonders. Without this awful treatment of animals and the way Hazeline's engagement was broken off because it was in common agreement she need to lose a stone or more, this would have been a 4:or 5 star.
There was such depressing animal cruelty in this book which was of course completely realistic of the time this was set. Among them are the Newbery Medal in 1971 for her novel The Summer of the Swans, the American Book Award in 1981 for The Night Swimmers, The Edgar (for the best mystery for young people) in 1992 for Wanted…Mud Blossom.A very hard book to rate. In 1987 Byars received the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement from the Catholic Library Association.īetsy Byars has written many successful books, many of which have won awards. In her career, she wrote over sixty-five books which have been translated into nineteen languages. It was also the first book she put parts of her own life into, using headlines that came from some Betsy and her sister wrote as girls and things that her own dog had done.Īlthough The Midnight Fox has not won any major awards in its own right, it is often described as Betsy Byars most enduring work. Will Tom save her and her family in time?Ī animal adventure story that has remained popular over the decades and is still often read in schools today.īetsy Byars (née Cromer 1928 –2020), an American author of children's books, says The Midnight Fox is her favourite of all her books. Then Uncle Fred decides to go after the fox. But, when he discovers a fox and her cubs living in the forest, he is fascinated and determined to protect them. For city boy Tom, adjusting to life in the country is hard.
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