Pax / Sara Pennypacker ; illustrated by Jon Klassen.

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    • Publication Information:
      First edition.
    • Abstract:
      Summary: "After being forced to give up his pet fox Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back"-- Provided by publisher.
    • Abstract:
      Summary: Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day the unimaginable happens: Peter's dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild. At his grandfather's house three hundred miles away from home, Peter knows he isn't where he should be - with Pax. He strikes out on his own despite the encroaching war, spurred by love, loyalty, and grief, to be reunited with his fox. Meanwhile Pax, steadfastly waiting for his boy, embarks on adventures and discoveries of his own ... From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes a beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the essential truths that define us and the devastating costs of war. Pax is destined to become a beloved classic. -- from dust jacket.
    • Notes:
      Ages 10-14.
      760L Lexile
      Accelerated Reader AR 5.3 8.0 179541.
      Reading Counts 3-5 5.6 13.
      Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 8.0 179541.
      AR 5.3 8.0.
      National Book Award Nominee for Young People's Literature, 2016.
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    • ISBN:
      9780062377012
      0062377019
    • Accession Number:
      2015015400
    • Accession Number:
      910530646
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.975599