The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle (Kelpies)

Great book. My kids (10-16) and I have all enjoyed it. I'll be honest, it's made me cry a few times.

Loved it! Great cultural exploration book.

The Fox Girl and the White Gazelleby Victoria WilliamsonMyrick Marketing & Media, LLCKelpiesChildren's Fiction , Middle GradePub Date 14 Sep 2018I am reviewing The Fox Girl and White Gazelle through Kelpies and Nethalley:Reema remembers her life in Syria by running. Caylin runs to see if she can find what she has lost.Reema is a refugee trying to find her place in Glasgow, she finds herself having to learn a new language and she is without her brother.Caylin is Reema’s Glasgweian neighbor. Lonely, Caylin lashes out, but one day the girls find an injured fox and her cubs hiding on their estate, causing the girls to form a wary friendship. Soon the girls start to realize they are more a like than they could have imagined, both girls love to run. As the girls begin to believe in themselves and others again they realize home is the people you love.I give The Fox and the White Gazelle five out of five stars!Happy Reading!

This book was a delightful surprise. An immersion into Glaswegian life and the experience of Syrian refugees, and a heartwarming tale of friendship. I cried multiple times, and it made me want to go running in an attempt to recapture some of the exhilaration I felt upon finishing the book. A hidden gem that deserves a wide audience.

This tale of a fox, a twelve-year-old Syrian refugee, and a school bully has all the qualities of the very best fiction: wonderful characters, a gripping and well-structured plot, vivid settings, believable dialogue and much, much more.Against the backdrop of the fox’s battle to protect her cubs in a harsh urban environment, we see the burgeoning friendship between local girl Caylin, and new girl Reema who is trying to adjust to a life lived far from her homeland. United by their concern for the foxes, and their talent for running, the girls learn from one another, and realise that despite their disparate backgrounds there is more that unites them than divides them.Although The Fox Girl and the White Gazelle is heart-breaking in parts, it’s beautifully and sensitively told. It’s also moving, wholly engaging, and ultimately uplifting and brimming with hope. This powerful tale of tolerance and understanding is an important story for our times, a novel that deserves to garner many prizes and should be stocked in every bookstore, library and school. In short, it’s one of the best books I have read, and I cannot recommend it highly enough.

This book hits the ground running and keeps you gripped to the last page.The characters a great - feisty and brave with valid insecurities and gruelling life experiences. Reema gives the reader a moving insight into the life of a child refugee; I learnt things I didn't know and was forced to address a few things I just hadn't considered before. Caylin - a bully - is well drawn and complex and I enjoyed seeing her vulnerable side which was completely authentic.The novel comes with a message - something that sometimes puts me off books - but this one is important, relevant and necessary and told within a great story.A sometimes uncomfortable but ultimately uplifting book that anybody would enjoy and everybody should read.

I really liked this book but felt it was more suitable for a slightly older age group than the younger age stated. It has some quite advanced themes for younger children. It was beautifully written and I would absolutely recommend it but check that the child it is intended for can cope with the themes in the book. I'd recommend it for all appropriately aged children.

This book should be in every class in every school. The themes carefully explored are very relevant in our society today and sidelined children will be able to see themselves in these books through the heroic characters so skillfully depicted by the author. I loved it. There were tears - of joy and hope. A beautiful story of friendship, bereavement, neglect, mental health, bullying, migration and war. This will be a perfect read aloud in Y6+. I will be sharing with our Y6s in school.

This is the story of an unlikely friendship as refugee Reema & troubled bully Caylin form a bond through an injured fox and her cubs, proving we have more in common than that which divides us. Beautifully written, honest and heart-breaking in parts, but also heart-warming, & so very relevant for today. The author Victoria Williamson does brilliant work in highlighting the plight of refugees, both through this book, and through school visits and talks. Twenty percent of the author royalties from this book are donated to the Scottish Refugee Council.