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The Old Country
The Old Country
Author: Mordicai Gerstein
From the winner of the 2004 Caldecott Medal comes a memorable new work, a novel of singular insight and imagination that transports readers to the Old Country, where "all the fairy tales come from, where there was magic -- and there was war." There, Gisella stares a moment too long into the eyes of a fox, and she and the fox exchange s...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781596430471
ISBN-10: 1596430478
Publication Date: 5/1/2005
Pages: 144
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
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Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
Members Wishing: 1
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A little weird. A girl switches places with a fox then has to travel with a bunch of animals to save her family from war. There is no villains to speak of. There are the two people at war (rockheads) and even the fox the girl switches with is actually a wonderful character.


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