# Pax

**Author:** Sara Pennypacker
**Lexile:** 760L
**Grade range:** Grades 4–7
**Age range:** 8–12
**First published:** 2016
**Page count:** 288
**Genre:** Middle Grade Fiction
**ISBN-13:** `9780062377036`
**ISBN-10:** `0062377035`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/pax
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

When war forces his father to enlist, twelve-year-old Peter is made to release his tame fox, Pax, into the wild — and then sets out to find him again. Sara Pennypacker alternates between boy and fox in a story about loyalty, the costs of war, and the bond between them. Widely assigned in grades 4-7, it is a common read-aloud and novel-study choice for its emotional depth and dual perspective.

## Themes

- friendship
- war
- loyalty
- nature
- loss

## Content notes

- war
- animal peril

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