White fox / Chen Jiatong ; translated by Jennifer Feeley ; interior illustrations...by Viola Wang.
Material type:
TextLanguage: English Original language: Chinese Publisher: New York : Chicken House/Scholastic Inc., 2020Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: 269 pages : billustrations ; 22 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781338635379
- 1338635379
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Dr. James Carlson Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | CHEN JIATONG | 1 | Available | 33111009760006 | ||||
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Main Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | CHEN JIATONG | 1 | Available | 33111010410757 | ||||
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Northport Library | Children's Science Fiction/Fantasy | CHEN JIATONG | 1 | Available | 33111009021656 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The first modern Chinese middle grade series to be translated and brought to the English-speaking market, from bestselling author Chen Jiatong. A young white fox dreams of being human. When his parents are taken from him, long-held secrets and a legend about a miraculous treasure rise to the surface in this perilous quest for self-discovery.When a young white fox named Dilah discovers a human family, he begins to dream of being human himself. But when his parents are assassinated, long-held secrets and a legend about a miraculous treasure rise to the surface. A treasure with the power to make animals human... The clues to its location are contained in a moonstone buried beneath their den. But evil blue foxes seek the treasure too and Dilah must race to find it first. Along the way, he meets all sorts of other creatures: a friendly seal, an ancient tortoise, and a fierce leopard -- but can he stay one step ahead?
Translated from the Chinese.
"First published as Dilah and the moonstone by People's Literature Publishing House in 2014."--Title page verso.
A young white fox called Dilah returns home to find his mother gravely injured. Before she dies, she tells him about a treasure with the power to make animals human. The clues to its location are contained in a moonstone buried beneath their den. But wicked blue foxes seek the treasure too and Dilah must race to find it first. Along the way, he meets all sorts of other creatures: a friendly seal, an ancient tortoise and a fierce leopard - but can he stay one step ahead?