Scary Stories for Young Foxes: The City

Ages 9 to 12

The gripping middle grade companion novel to Newbery Honor recipient Scary Stories for Young Foxes, following two new fox kits desperate to survive the terrors of a frightening new world: the City.

Fox kit O-730 loves the old stories about Mia and Uly and hungers for a life of adventure. But on the Farm, foxes know only the safety of their wire dens. When O-370 slips free of his cage, he witnesses the gruesome reality awaiting all of the Farm's foxes and escapes with his life.

In a nearby suburb, young Cozy and her skulk are facing an unknown danger, a being that can blend in with the scenery and speak with a fox’s voice. Something that hunts foxes. Forced to flee their den, they travel to a terrifying new world: the City.

There, Cozy and O-370’s lives intersect, and they’ll need to stick together to survive the monsters lurking among the City’s shadows. And they’ll quickly discover that there are no cautionary tales to prepare them for the most dangerous creatures of all: humans.

About the Author

Christian McKay Heidicker reads and writes and drinks tea. He is the author of the Newbery Honor–recipient Scary Stories for Young Foxes, as well as Scary Stories for Young Foxes: The City, Cure for the Common Universe, and Attack of the 50 Foot Wallflower. With William Shivering, he wrote the Thieves of Weirdwood trilogy. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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