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Article: Foxspell.(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Horn Book Magazine
- Article date:
- November 1, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Horn Book, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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A troubling story about a troubled adolescent is set in Australia on the edge of the outback. Twelve-year-old Tod's family is disintegrating: his father has left and they have all moved in with his tough old grandmother; his mother ignores her children to try to establish herself as a stand-up comic; one sister is running around with a gang; and Tod sees no future in his new school because of his difficulty with reading and writing. But he likes the outdoors and spends more and more time in the nearby quarries and surrounding wilderness. One day he finds a dead fox and buries it, leading to a mystical encounter with a spirit being, the fox-man Dan Russell, who can take ...
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