Leila and the Blue Fox: An enthralling, uplifting adventure story from the creators of JULIA AND THE SHARK

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Then Miso and Leila’s worlds meet, in an icy, treacherous environment, and Leila needs to make a brave, dangerous decision. This is another fabulous story from the mind of Kiran Millwood Hargrave and stunning illustrations by Tom de Freston. Her fourth poetry collection OE, a retelling of Orpheus and Eurydice in collaboration with the artist Tom de Freston, was published by Bloomsbury in October 2017. While this could be because I was reading this digitally and the previous in print, but it helped these books feel different.

Leila has been living in London with her aunt and cousin since migrating to Englad from Syria, she is missing her mum so goes to visit her in Norway for the summer. Leila is a Syrian refugee and after six years of living apart from her Professor mother, she is leaving her new home in London to be reunited with her mother in Norway. Another beautifully written story by the author of Julia and the shark, is the journey of Miso, the artic fox and Leila, whose.

Miso’s adventure is inspired by the true story of the Arctic fox that walked two thousand miles in just seventy-six days.

It remains one of my top books of 2022, so I knew I had to fit Leila and the Blue Fox into my reading list as well. Moreover, as their journey continues and both humans and the fox encounter peril, the stories interweave so deftly, making for a stunning read. Yourself and Bob are much cherished in our booky world and I personally really appreciate everything that you do. Unlike many other animal books, this novel stays true to life and respects the distance needed between humankind and the wild. From the husband and wife team who created the award winning Julia and the Shark, comes another middle grade book in much the same style.Her debut YA novel The Deathless Girls was published in 2019, and was shortlisted for the YA Book Prize, and long listed for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. Her interest in the changing arctic landscape and the threat to the wildlife of those areas is reflected in two of her recent novels for children; Leila and the Blue Fox and Julia and the Shark. Leila travelling to Norway to reunite with her mother while Miso, a blue fox, journeys across a continent. Beautiful and moving, LEILA AND THE BLUE FOX delicately explores themes of migration, freedom and belonging, through a captivating tale that glistens with wonder. From the wife and husband team behind Waterstones Children's Gift of the Year Julia and the Shark comes a luminous tribute to the power of determination and friendship as a young fox and a girl seeking her mother join forces on an unforgettable Arctic adventure.

Berlie Doherty is the author of the best-selling novel, Street Child, and over 60 more books for children, teenagers and adults, and has written many plays for radio, theatre and television. It has been sitting on my shelf for a while but in the pre-Christmas madness, I hadn’t managed to get to it. Pritchett, Thomas Pynchon, Muriel Spark and Colm Toibin, That Glimpse of Truth is the biggest, most handsome collection of short fiction in print today.Leila joins her mother on an expedition following the extraordinary migration of a polar fox across over 2,000+ miles.

It discusses the lasting impact of the conflict that was fled, the routes taken, and detention centres. The relationship between this pre-teen girl and her estranged mother sways satisfyingly back and forth from resentment and animosity to compassion and understanding. Leila And The Blue Fox, Kiran Millwood Hargrave ( paperback October 2023) €15,95 Come with an Arctic fox on a breathtaking journey .I was at my last school for 4 years and we had ********* book fairs every term – and every term, I was disappointed by the narrow range of books. This is a story of two halves told in parallel through the thoughts of the fox and Leila’s narrative; all text beautifully inter-spliced with Tom’s stark/enigmatic artwork.