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PAX is the highly anticipated new middle grade novel from bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker--a poignant and timeless tale of love and loyalty between a boy and his fox set during wartime.

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National Book Award Longlist New York Times Bestseller An Amazon Best Book of the Year

From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes a beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the powerful relationship between a boy and his fox. Pax is destined to become a classic, beloved for generations to come.

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. . . .

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"Pax the book is like Pax the fox: half wild and wholly beautiful." New York Times Book Review

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Sara Pennypacker is the author of the award-winning, New York Times bestselling Clementine series, the acclaimed novel Summer of the Gypsy Moths, and the picture books Meet the Dullards, Pierre in Love, and Sparrow Girl. She divides her time between Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and Florida. You can visit her online at www.sarapennypacker.com.

Jon Klassen grew up in Niagara Falls, Canada, and now lives in Los Angeles, California. He is the Caldecott Award-winning author and illustrator of I Want My Hat Back and This Is Not My Hat, as well as the illustrator of Sam and Dave Dig a Hole and Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett; The Dark by Lemony Snicket; House Held Up by Trees by Ted Kooser; Cats´ Night Out by Caroline Stutson; and the first three books in the Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series.

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