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Finding the Fox

Author	Ali Sparkes
Illustrator	David Wyatt
Language	English
Series	The Shapeshifter
Genre	Fantasy/ Science fiction
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Publication date	2006
Publication place	England
Pages	328
Preceded by	None
Followed by	Running the Risk

Finding the Fox is a fantasy/ science fiction novel by Ali Sparkes. ^[1] It is the first book in The Shapeshifter series, and was first published in 2006 by Oxford University Press.

Themes and topics

The book explores such themes such as familial abuse, emotional repression, government suspicion, found family and absentee parenthood.

Publication history

As with all of the Shapeshifter books, Finding the Fox was published by Oxford University Press in 2006.

Recognition

Finding the Fox was nominated for the 2007 Bolton Children's Book Award, the Dutch Kinderboekenweek, and was awarded the number one book in 2002.

References

External links

• Finding the Fox at OUP
• Ali Sparkes at OUP
• Ali Sparkes's official page on the series