Pax, Journey Home (Pax #2)

by Sara Pennypacker (Author) Jon Klassen (Illustrator)

Pax, Journey Home (Pax #2)
Reading Level: 4th − 5th Grade
Series: Pax

From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes the long-awaited sequel to Pax; this is a gorgeously crafted, utterly compelling novel about chosen families and the healing power of love.

It's been a year since Peter and his pet fox, Pax, have seen each other. Once inseparable, they now lead very different lives. Pax and his mate, Bristle, have welcomed a litter of kits they must protect in a dangerous world. Meanwhile Peter--newly orphaned after the war, wracked with guilt and loneliness--leaves his adopted home with Vola to join the Water Warriors, a group of people determined to heal the land from the scars of the war.

When one of Pax's kits falls desperately ill, he turns to the one human he knows he can trust. And no matter how hard Peter tries to harden his broken heart, love keeps finding a way in. Now both boy and fox find themselves on journeys toward home, healing--and each other, once again.

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Kirkus

This is a deftly nuanced look at the fragility and strength of the human heart. All the human characters read as White. Illustrations not seen. An impressive sequel. (Fiction. 10-14).

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ALA/Booklist

The stakes feel higher this time, the pain deeper, making for a worthy sequel and a heartbreaking and beautifully life-affirming exploration of the concepts of home, family, and the love that makes it all worthwhile.

Copyright 2021 Booklist, LLC Used with permission.

Sara Pennypacker
Sara Pennypacker is a bestselling author whose title include the Clementine series (Clementine, The Talented Clementine, and Clementine's Letter), the Stuart series (Stuart's Cape and Stuart Goes to School), and the picture books Pierre in Love and Sparrow Girl. Sara lives on Cape Cod, in Massachusetts.
Martin Matje illustrated many books for children, including Harry and Lulu, Wallace Hoskins, The Boy Who Grew Down, Celeste: A Day in the Park, The Ink Drinker, and Do You Believe in Ghosts.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780062930347
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Balzer & Bray/Harperteen
Publication date
September 20, 2021
Series
Pax
BISAC categories
JUV039060 - Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Friendship
JUV029000 - Juvenile Fiction | Nature & the Natural World | General
JUV002110 - Juvenile Fiction | Animals | Foxes
Library of Congress categories
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