Foxlight

Paperback Published on: 25/04/2024
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Bookseller Reviews

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Foxlight
A poignant tale of sisterhood & strength in the face of adversity.
Fen & Rey are taken in by Lissa after she finds the baby sisters abandoned on the edge of the wildlands nestled in the fur of a wild fox. As they grow Fe... READ MORE
LARA MIEDUNIECKI
Foxlight
Lyrical and poignant
Foxlight is a tale of two sisters fighting to find out where they came from and where they belong in the world. Katya Balen's writing is lyrical and often ... READ MORE
Isobel at Edinburgh
Foxlight
A beautiful novel!
Pleased to report that the writing in this novel is every bit as beautiful as that cover - this is probably the closest to literary children’s fiction I’ve... READ MORE
Tilly Fitzgerald
Foxlight
A lyrical and gripping wilderness adventure!
Katya Balen has once again created a novel brimming with a fantastic cacophony of nature, love, laughter, and bravery! Foxlight is a lyrical adventure as w... READ MORE
Emily at Tenterden
Foxlight
A Master Of Her Craft
The whole time my belly was in knots, she’s so good at bittersweet, I’ll never know how she uses words the way she does.
Rhea
Foxlight
A must read
Simply beautiful. Filled with longing and love. An adventure that will leave you daydreaming of the world behind the word 'home.'
Ella-Mae at Lewes

Synopsis

From the author of October, October, winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal, comes a heartbreaking and heart-warming story about sisterhood, found family and accepting love in the most unusual and unknown places.

Fen and Rey were found curled up small and tight in the fiery fur of the foxes at the very edge of the wildlands. Fen is loud and fierce and free. She feels a connection to foxes and a calling from the wild that she's desperate to return to. Rey is quiet and shy and an expert on nature. She reads about the birds, feeds the lands and nurtures the world around her.

They are twin sisters. Different and the same. Separate and connected. They will always have each other, even if they don't have a mother and don't know their beginning. But they do want answers. Answers to who their mother is and where she might be. What their story is and how it began. So when a fox appears late one night at the house, Fen and Rey see it as a sign - it's here to lead them to their truth, find their real family and fill the missing piece they have felt since they were born.

But the wildlands are exactly that: wild. They are wicked and cruel and brutal and this journey will be harder and more life changing than either Fen or Rey ever imagined.

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • ISBN: 9781526652102
  • Number of pages: 288
  • Dimensions: 196 x 128 x 20 mm
  • Interest age: From 9 years
  • Weight: 240g
  • Languages: English

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Foxlight
The wildness in and around us
I have adored everything that Katya Balen has released over the past few years and this is no exception. Here, we follow twins - Fen and Rey - as they foll... READ MORE
Melissa H
Foxlight
A MUST read for all of us - lovers of humans, nature and finding hope together.
Foxlight By Katya Balen Published by Bloomsbury Publishing A beautifully written story of the sisterly bonds that tie us together through our life and th... READ MORE
Joanne Bardgett
Foxlight
magical and moving
Fen and Rey were left by their mother when they were babies and taken into the care of Lissa at the Light House on the edge of the wild lands - a home for ... READ MORE
Stephen - The Bookworm
Foxlight
Atmospheric journey
A beautiful and gentle story about finding yourself and your family. Orphans Fen and Rey were found in a foxes den and now they live at the Light House wit... READ MORE
Hannah Fazakerley
Foxlight
True representation of nature
A beautiful story about two sisters who endeavour to find out their story and how they fit in with the world around them. I especially liked how the action... READ MORE
Chelsea at Lichfield
Foxlight
Love and hope combine in twin girls with a mission...
I am in awe of Katya's writing. I have loved every book that I have read and this is no exception. The chapters are short - some less than a page! A stor... READ MORE
T Lander
Foxlight
They set out to find the truth..
I rate this book 3.5 stars. This wasn’t the best book I’ve read, but I still enjoyed it. The story is about two children who are told that they were found ... READ MORE
Layla Rosowsky
Foxlight
It is utterly spell-binding!
Twin sisters Fen & Rey live at The Lighthouse, amongst a big family of orphaned children. They were found curled up with the foxes, in the cold wildlands t... READ MORE
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