Leila and the Blue Fox

by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Book Overview

Weeks pass,
to her they are nameless,
they are fading and growing light,
the warming of weather.

On this day, she wakes,
and begins to walk.

It's a summer of firsts for twelve-year-old Leila: her first time traveling alone, first time apart from Amma and her cousin Mona, and first time seeing her mother, a climate scientist in Norway, since war forced their family from Syria six years ago.

Together,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1454954345
• ISBN13: 9781454954347
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Union Square Kids
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 10 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 8