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Run for the Hills
by Tom McCaughren
I received a free copy of this book by O'Brien Press in exchange for an honest review.
In an area of Ireland, there's a group of foxes trying to survive in the wild. When Vickey and her mate Black Tip stumble across three different-coloured vixens escaped from a fur farm, they know they need to help them. Along with their mentor Old-Sage Brush and friends Hop-a-Long and SheLa, the group set out to teach the vixens how to be real foxes in the wild.
This was a wonderful and beautifully written book completely told through the eyes of a lot of clever foxes. I definitely think this would appeal to anyone who is an animal lover and liked books like The Animals of Farthing Wood as a child. This books is written for children but it can definitely be enjoyed just as much by older readers thanks to the beautiful descriptions of the Irish countryside and the wily and cunning plans from the foxes on how to escape the trapper hunting them.
This book is really educational as well and I think would be great to introduce children to the delicate nature that is the ecosystem and how everything lives in balance.
"Too many grey squirrels, too few reds, too many white mink, too few fish."
It also gives a simple view on fur farming and what it is and doesn't contain any violence that might scare younger readers but just hint at what places like fur farms do and why they are so bad. I also loved the acceptance the foxes showed for the new foxes that were from a different place and were a range of different colours from snow white, black and grey, and blue black. I think it would be a lovely lesson for younger readers about accepting each other and how people might look different but underneath we're all the same.
"It doesn't matter if the paws are black or white, so long as they can catch a mouse."
Overall, this was an enjoyable story that was very well-written. I would have really loved it as a child but I loved it even as an adult. Also, this book is part of Tom McCaughren's series on the foxes of Glensinna, but you don't necessarily need to have read the other books to read this one, as I didn't and I got along with it just fine!
In an area of Ireland, there's a group of foxes trying to survive in the wild. When Vickey and her mate Black Tip stumble across three different-coloured vixens escaped from a fur farm, they know they need to help them. Along with their mentor Old-Sage Brush and friends Hop-a-Long and SheLa, the group set out to teach the vixens how to be real foxes in the wild.
This was a wonderful and beautifully written book completely told through the eyes of a lot of clever foxes. I definitely think this would appeal to anyone who is an animal lover and liked books like The Animals of Farthing Wood as a child. This books is written for children but it can definitely be enjoyed just as much by older readers thanks to the beautiful descriptions of the Irish countryside and the wily and cunning plans from the foxes on how to escape the trapper hunting them.
This book is really educational as well and I think would be great to introduce children to the delicate nature that is the ecosystem and how everything lives in balance.
"Too many grey squirrels, too few reds, too many white mink, too few fish."
It also gives a simple view on fur farming and what it is and doesn't contain any violence that might scare younger readers but just hint at what places like fur farms do and why they are so bad. I also loved the acceptance the foxes showed for the new foxes that were from a different place and were a range of different colours from snow white, black and grey, and blue black. I think it would be a lovely lesson for younger readers about accepting each other and how people might look different but underneath we're all the same.
"It doesn't matter if the paws are black or white, so long as they can catch a mouse."
Overall, this was an enjoyable story that was very well-written. I would have really loved it as a child but I loved it even as an adult. Also, this book is part of Tom McCaughren's series on the foxes of Glensinna, but you don't necessarily need to have read the other books to read this one, as I didn't and I got along with it just fine!