The Undead Fox Of Deadwood Forest (newbery Honor Award Winner)

A Newbery Honor Award Book! A fox and a badger begrudgingly team up to change their destinies in this endearing middle grade novel--perfect for fans of Kate DiCamillo and Katherine Applegate. Featuring black-and-white illustrations throughout this critically acclaimed novel brings Deadwood Forest to life through both words and art. ? Heartbreaking marvelously funny and generously redemptive. -Kirkus starred review Clare is the undead fox of Deadwood Forest. Here leaves grow in a perpetual state of fall: not quite dead but not quite alive--just like Clare. Long ago he was struck by a car and hovering between life and death he was given the choice to either cross into the Afterlife or become an Usher of wandering souls. Clare chose the latter: a solitary life of guiding souls to their final resting place. Clare s quiet and predictable days are met with upheaval when a badger soul named Gingersnipes knocks on his door. Despite Clare s efforts to usher her into the Afterlife the badger is unable to leave Deadwood. This is unprecedented. Baffling. A disturbing mystery which threatens the delicate balance between the living and the dead. Desperate for help Clare and Gingersnipes set out on a treacherous journey to find Hesterfowl--the visionary grouse who recently foretold of turmoil in Deadwood. But upon their arrival Hesterfowl divulges a shocking revelation that leaves Clare devastated outraged and determined to do anything to change his fate.