New fantasy fiction
So you might not be able to tell from the blog, I'm not a big fan of scary stories. I like suspense but a lot of the scary things are, well, just too scary for me. I had nightmares after Doll Bones and Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince. So I have NO IDEA why I chose "Scary Stories for Young Foxes" by Christian McKay Heidicker. It WAS scary but it was SO well written and I think it's going to be perfect as a mentor text for my students. It's told in two different voices-Mia and Uly. Both are fox kits that are living really different lives. Mia comes from a family with a loving mom and brothers and sisters that are kind and supportive of one another. Uly, not so much. Uly has a deformed front paw and his sisters seem bent on getting rid of him. Each one tells a tale of how they end up separated from their moms and their litter mates (terrifying), how they survive, and then how they come together to help each other. E...