Author, Kiran Millwood Hargrave, Illustrator, Tom de Freston

About

Fox wakes, and begins to walk. She crosses ice and snow, over mountains and across frozen oceans, encountering bears and birds beneath the endless daylight of an Arctic summer, navigating a world that is vast, wild and wondrous. Meanwhile, Leila embarks on a journey of her own - finding her way to the mother who left her. On a breathtaking journey across the sea, refugee Leila rediscovers herself and the mother she thought she'd lost, with help from a determined little fox.....

 

 

What the Shortlist Committee Say...

"The use of a special silver combined with the imaginative illustration really makes the reader feel like they're already in the icy cold adventure about to unfold."