Pax
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4.6 • 5 Ratings
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- $7.99
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- $7.99
Publisher Description
Peter e sua raposa são inseparáveis desde que ele a resgatou, órfã, ainda filhote. Um dia, o inimaginável acontece: o pai do menino vai servir na guerra, e o obriga a devolver Pax à natureza.
Ao chegar à distante casa do avô, onde passará a morar, Peter reconhece que não está onde deveria: seu verdadeiro lugar é ao lado de Pax. Movido por amor, lealdade e culpa, ele parte em uma jornada solitária de quase quinhentos quilômetros para reencontrar sua raposa, apesar da guerra que se aproxima. Enquanto isso, mesmo sem desistir de esperar por seu menino, Pax embarca em suas próprias aventuras e descobertas.
Alternando perspectivas para mostrar os caminhos paralelos dos dois personagens centrais, Pax expõe o desenvolvimento do menino em sua tentativa de enfrentar a ferocidade herdada pelo pai, enquanto a raposa, domesticada, segue o caminho contrário, de explorar sua natureza selvagem. Um romance atemporal e para todas as idades, que aborda relações familiares, a relação do homem com o ambiente e os perigos que carregamos dentro de nós mesmos.
Pax emociona o leitor desde a primeira página. Um mundo repleto de sentimentos em que natureza e humanidade se encontram numa história que celebra a lealdade e o amor.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Peter found Pax, a fox, when he was an orphaned kit, and he has kept him as a pet since his mother's sudden death, five years earlier. Now Peter's stern father is bound for an unspecified war one fought at least partly on domestic soil forcing 12-year-old Peter to move in with his grandfather, and to release Pax. It takes less than a night for Peter to become overwhelmed with remorse by morning, he is hiking hundreds of miles to the spot where he reluctantly abandoned Pax. The aftermath of that separation is told in chapters that alternate between the fox and the boy's points of view. In an exceptionally powerful, if grim story, Pennypacker (Summer of the Gypsy Moths) does a remarkable job of conveying the gritty perspective of a sheltered animal that must instantly learn to live in the wild ("Orphaned before he'd been weaned, Pax had never eaten raw prey. His hunger rose at the blood-scent and so did his curiosity"). Both boy and fox encounter characters who drastically rearrange their worldview: after Peter is injured, he is taken in by Vola, a veteran who has lost a leg and has strong feelings about the true costs of war. The opening scene promises heartbreak that the rest of the story delivers, as boy and fox journey to reunite, each dramatically altered by what it takes to get there. Art not seen by PW. Ages 8 12.
Customer Reviews
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