![]() ![]() Far worse than being forced to leave home is the fact that Pax can’t go. Now the war front approaches, and when Peter’s father enlists, Peter has to move in with his grandpa. Pax was only a kit when his family was killed, and “his boy” Peter rescued him from abandonment and certain death. ![]() Though this story is classic mythical structure, there are shades of the Female Mythic Form, as the main character Peter (who happens to be male), thinks and feels his way through his journey rather than engaging in battle after swashbuckling battle. ![]() Structurally, Pax is the middle grade equivalent of Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier. Pax is a middle grade novel by Sara Pennypacker about a boy and a fox who embark upon a mythic journey to reunite after Pax is abandoned in the woods. ![]()
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