KATYA BALEN’S new book Foxlight is a moving story about sisterhood, found family and accepting love in unusual places.
To celebrate the book’s release, Good Reading for Kids caught up with Katya to talk about her characters, writing and of course, foxes!
ABOUT THE BOOK
From the author of October, October, winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal, comes a heartbreaking and heart-warming story about sisterhood, found family and accepting love in the most unusual and unknown places.
Fen and Rey were found curled up small and tight in ...
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