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Leila and the Blue Fox
Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Illustrator: Tom de Freston
Ages: 12+
Published: 2024
Publisher: Union Square Kids/Union Square/Sterling Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-4549-5434-7
Keywords: Coming-of-Age-Mothers & Daughters, Syrian Refugees, Scientists, Arctic Fox, Arctic Expeditions, Climate Change
While on an Arctic expedition tracking a blue fox, Syrian English Leila, 12, struggles to come to terms with her absent scientist mother and how to rediscover herself. Bright blue illustrations.