White Fox

Description

  The first novel in the magical White Fox series - a beautifully illustrated tale of a young fox and a magical moonstone. '[A] delight, full of peril, friendship and mysticism' FINANCIAL TIMES

A young white fox called Dilah returns home to find his mother gravely injured. Before she dies, she tells him about a treasure with the power to make animals human.

The clues to its location are contained in a moonstone buried beneath their den – but wicked blue foxes seek the treasure too, and Dilah must race to find it first.

Along the way, he meets all sorts of other creatures: a friendly seal, an ancient tortoise and a fierce leopard – but can he stay one step ahead?

The first book in the White Fox series, a bestseller in China.

The first middle-grade children’s fiction series ever to be translated into English from Chinese.

Themes of conservation, nature, civilisation and what it really means to be human.

Translated by the award-winning Jennifer Feeley, with gorgeous black-and-white line illustrations by acclaimed Chinese artist Viola Wang.