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Pax / Sara Pennypacker ; illustrated by Jon Klassen.

Pennypacker, Sara, 1951- (author.). Klassen, Jon, (illustrator.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062377012
  • ISBN: 0062377019
  • ISBN: 9780062377029
  • ISBN: 0062377027
  • ISBN: 9780008124090
  • ISBN: 0008124094
  • ISBN: 9781544436166
  • ISBN: 1544436165
  • Physical Description: 276 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]

Content descriptions

Target Audience Note:
Ages 10-14.
760L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.7 8 179541.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.3 8 179541.
Accelerated Reader AR 5.3 8.0 179541.
Accelerated Reader MG 5.3 8.0 179541.
AR 5.3 8.0.
Reading Counts 3-5 5.6 13.
Accelerated Reader AR 5.3 8.0 179541.
Awards Note:
National Book Award Nominee for Young People's Literature, 2016.

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Subject:
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.
Mothers.
Genre:
Fiction.
Action and adventure fiction.
War fiction.

Available copies

  • 200 of 237 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 3 of 4 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 237 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Jacksonville Main Library JUV FIC PENNYPACKER (Text) 36015001775994 Juvenile Fiction Battle of the Book Available -
Richlands Branch Library JUV FIC PENNYPACKER (Text) 36015001775986 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Sneads Ferry Branch Library JUV FIC PENNYPACKER (Text) 36015001776000 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Swansboro Branch Library JUV FIC PENNYPACKER (Text) 36015001775978 Juvenile Fiction Checked out 08/13/2026

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