Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian McKay Heidicker and illustrations by Junyi Wu is a chapter book for older readers (age 10 and above) who enjoy good stories with danger, villains, underdogs and family.
When 6 kits approach an older vixen storyteller for a spooky tale, it's not surprising that only one kit remains to hear the last of the story. Told in 8 chapters, each story builds upon the last one with clues that make them more complex than they seem. Readers can use the names of the chapters and the illustrations that accompany them to predict what will happen next. There are humorous moments but those moments change to doubt as to the survival of the foxes in the story.
The way the story is told from the perspective of the foxes is what makes this book stand out. There is always fear and uncertainty in the wild but to read it from the point of view an animal in that world is unique. It made me understand animals much better and what they have to do in order to survive.
Questions that come to mind when reading this is if the reader agrees with the decisions made by the various characters in the story. Which chapter did they like the most? Were they surprised by the ending or did they see it coming?
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