03011cam a2200589 i 4500 1011905217 TxAuBib 20231018120000.0 180420t20192016||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015015400 9780062377029 0062377027 9781544436166 1544436165 (OCoLC)1031574500 TxAuBib rda Pennypacker, Sara, author. Pax [PBK] / Sara Pennypacker ; illustrated by Jon Klassen. First paperback edition. New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2019. ©2016. 276, 9 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes discussion questions, activities, and an interview with the author. Includes exclusive excerpt from "Pax, journey home". 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. 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 inside cover. Ages 10-14. 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. Accelerated Reader AR 5.3 8.0 179541. 20231018. National Book Award Longlist for Young People's Literature, 2016. Foxes as pets Juvenile fiction. Human-animal relationships Juvenile fiction. Children of military personnel Juvenile fiction. Fathers and sons Juvenile fiction. Mothers Death Juvenile fiction. Runaway children Juvenile fiction. Women hermits Juvenile fiction. Women veterans Juvenile fiction. Novels. Fiction. lcgft Action and adventure fiction. fast Animal fiction. War fiction. Klassen, Jon, illustrator.