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Fox Friend

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Clare must keep secrets from her own family in order to nurse an injured fox cub back to health in this heartrending story from former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo.

Clare has lived her whole life on a farm, but she's never seen a fox – until she finds a tiny, injured cub who's lost his mum. Clare cares for him herself, but has to keep him hidden from her father who thinks foxes are vermin – pests that should be shot. Can she keep the cub safe?
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 7.

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The moving story of a girl who tries to nurse an injured fox cub back to health, now with cover artwork by the award-winning Catherine Rayner.

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Clare must keep secrets from her own family in order to nurse an injured fox cub back to health in this heartrending story from former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo.


Clare has lived her whole life on a farm, but she's never seen a fox – until she finds a tiny, injured cub who's lost his mum. Clare cares for him herself, but has to keep him hidden from her father who thinks foxes are vermin – pests that should be shot. Can she keep the cub safe?

Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 7.

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"A wonderfully touching and beautifully crafted story" – LoveReading4Kids

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781781127742

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 05 November 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Barrington Stoke Ltd

Edition: New Fourth edition

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Joanna Carey
  • Cover design or artwork by Catherine Rayner

Audience: Children, Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 110g

Pages: 64

About the Author

Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of the UK's best-loved authors for children and young people. He was the third UK Children's Laureate and he has won the Children's Book Award, the Nestle Children's Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. There have been many stage and screen adaptations of his books, including a major film and award-winning stage play based on War Horse. Michael also set up the charity Farms for City Children with his wife Clare.

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