Fox Friend

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Clare must keep secrets from her own family in order to nurse an injured fox cub back to health in this heartrending story from former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo. “His tail hung like a wet piece of rope. And his left ear had been torn. There was blood on the side of his face, and all down his neck.” When Clare finds a fox cub that has got away from the hunt, she wants to keep him and make him well again. But Clare’s dad says foxes are bad. How can Clare keep the cub safe? Clare must keep secrets from her own family in order to nurse an injured fox cub back to health in this heartrending story from former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo. Clare has lived her whole life on a farm, but she's never seen a fox – until she finds a tiny, injured cub who's lost his mum. Clare cares for him herself, but has to keep him hidden from her father who thinks foxes are vermin – pests that should be shot. Can she keep the cub safe? Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 7.

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Pagina's: 64, Editie: New Fourth edition, Paperback, Barrington Stoke