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A review by briarsreviews
The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle by Victoria Williamson
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This is now one of my favourite middle grade reads. It's such a beautiful tale that also highlights the importance of social issues and throws in sports and animal welfare too. So many great connections points!
I ended up buying this book at a library book sale. They have these sales every year and I always get some really cool books out of them. Ones I would never stumble across in my regular book buying journey (or addiction/obsession...). This was definitely one of my greatest wins since I absolutely adored it. And this was one of the weird times where I read the book slowly because I loved it. I kept re-reading passages and thinking about how great this would be in a middle grade classroom. The focus on being a child who has immigrated to a new country and how difficult that is. The difficulty of being a daughter of a mother who might have an addiction and isn't the healthiest (in terms of toxicity) to be around. A message of grief, of animal welfare, or social justice. There's so many great themes in here and yet it's such a fantastic middle grade read at the same time. It didn't feel preachy or over the top. It felt so real and oh so beautiful.
And there's baby foxes, so who doesn't love those?
I need this book to be more well known, just for the sake of me loving it so much and wanting to talk about it. Middle grade school classrooms should be doing case studies on this book as an option. Victoria Williamson deserves lots of love for this absolutely beautiful book.
Five out of five stars.
I ended up buying this book at a library book sale. They have these sales every year and I always get some really cool books out of them. Ones I would never stumble across in my regular book buying journey (or addiction/obsession...). This was definitely one of my greatest wins since I absolutely adored it. And this was one of the weird times where I read the book slowly because I loved it. I kept re-reading passages and thinking about how great this would be in a middle grade classroom. The focus on being a child who has immigrated to a new country and how difficult that is. The difficulty of being a daughter of a mother who might have an addiction and isn't the healthiest (in terms of toxicity) to be around. A message of grief, of animal welfare, or social justice. There's so many great themes in here and yet it's such a fantastic middle grade read at the same time. It didn't feel preachy or over the top. It felt so real and oh so beautiful.
And there's baby foxes, so who doesn't love those?
I need this book to be more well known, just for the sake of me loving it so much and wanting to talk about it. Middle grade school classrooms should be doing case studies on this book as an option. Victoria Williamson deserves lots of love for this absolutely beautiful book.
Five out of five stars.