What Happened on Fox Street
Fox Street was a dead end. In Mo Wren’s opinion, this was only one of many wonderful things about it. Mo’s lived her whole life on Fox Street and can’t imagine anything ever changing—until one unforgettable summer of alarming letters, mysterious errands, and surprising discoveries. . . .
Fox Street was a dead end. In Mo Wren’s opinion, this was only one of many wonderful things about it. Mo’s lived her whole life on Fox Street and can’t imagine anything ever changing—until one unforgettable summer of alarming letters, mysterious errands, and surprising discoveries. . . .
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780061986369 (0061986364)
Publish date: August 23rd 2011
Publisher: Balzer & Bray
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
I just wasn't crazy about this book. The characters weren't fully realized, in fact, I failed to really connect with any of them. If I don't fall for at least one character in a story, it's no good for me. The voices were off. My 11-year-old daughter stated, "What 10-year-old would say that?!". ...
This is a nice, homey story about a girl and her extended family of neighbors and friends. It's a really nice summer book and evokes the season and setting very well. The dialogue grated on me a little bit and felt unrealistic; the descriptions, while nice and poetic, sometimes disrupted the flow of...
The author does a particularly fine job of capturing a child's perspective of the street you live on being the whole world.