Foxlight is my third book by Katya Balen, and it’s just as wondrous as the others! The beauty of the book begins with the title–Foxlight. I can imagine it perfectly–the mixture of orange and red, neither night nor day, elusive and special.
And elusive and special is exactly how the characters in the story, Fen and Rey, see their past. They can’t put their finger on it. They don’t know their story. They must step out and find it, even if it means venturing into the terrifying wildness.
Foxlight is a search for identity and belonging. Although Fen and Rey have each other, they long for more. At the Light House, which takes in abandoned babies, everyone has a story. Everyone except them. They have nothing but a charcoal sketch of a fox from their mother. No letter, no name, nothing. So Fen creates stories and dreams of being free and wild. Rey tries to grow plants in unforgiving soil, and she dreams of a loving mother who will welcome her.
Heartbreaking and beautiful, Foxlight is a slow journey into the wild, as the sisters discover that imagination and reality are often worlds apart. It’s only when they leave that they find out what they really want. Foxlight is a gentle, poetic read that reminds us of what it means to have a home and a family.
| Title | Foxlight |
| Author | Katya Balen |
| Tags | Middle Grade |
| Ages | 10+ |
| Rating | 4 |
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