Description

A brand new edition of the moving story of a girl who tries to nurse an injured fox cub back to health, now with cover artwork by the award-winning Catherine Rayner.

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. Can she keep the cub safe?

Beautifully crafted story from a multi award-winning and bestselling author, now with stunning cover artwork by Catherine Rayner. Particularly suitable for struggling, reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 9+

About the Author

Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of the UK’ s best-loved authors for children and young people. He was the third UK Children’ s Laureate and he has won the Children’ s Book Award, the Nestle Children’ s Book Prize and the Blue Peter Book of the Year Award. There have been many stage and screen adaptations of his books, including a major film and award-winning stage play based on War Horse. Michael also set up the charity Farms for City Children with his wife Clare.
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Catherine Rayner lives in Edinburgh with her husband and son, Shannon the horse, Ena the grey cat and a goldfish called Richard. Her first book, Augustus and His Smile, was inspired by creatures of a wilder kind – the tigers at Edinburgh Zoo. Catherine’ s second book, Harris Finds His Feet, won the Kate Greenaway Medal and she has been shortlisted a further four times for this prestigious prize.