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We now know how Pax and Peter met each other and how Pax got his name. This initial meeting is important to remember because we know that Pax and Peter are the main characters.

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The apple doesn't fall far from the tree is a life lesson for Peter, because he doesn't want to be like his dad and grandpa. Because he doesn't want to be like them, he needs to be aware and work hard not to be. He is learning this.

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When Peter is recalling the time he spent in therapy, he says something that his therapist said: "That must have been hard for you. Your mom gets in a car to go buy groceries, a regular day, and she never comes home." This is important information because it gives insight to what happened when his mother died, and this gives insight to who Peter is and why.

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Pax realized that there was a river, this meaning that Pax was scared, but after Gray led with confidence, he followed suit because he was in need of nourishment.

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Was this woman crazy? One must wonder by the way she was acting what was going on in her life.

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The word "crazy" is repeated. One must wonder what the author is trying to communicate by this repeated word.

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"Or maybe he just wanted to remember that once he had been a little boy, and he had read books and felt safe." Why do you think books made him feel safe? What was he in need of feeling safe from?

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Pax remembering when he had been with Peter when he was a kit by the tree he passed when he and Gray were by the river and War camp.

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The Mustard Seed Bookstore Review of Pax

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The Mustard Seed Bookstore Review of Pax

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"This powerful middle-grade novel explores coming-of-age amidst impending war, separation from family, and what it means fight for someone, or some animal, you love. With chapters alternating between the boy Peter's voice, and that of his pet fox Pax, readers find themselves immersed in this contemporary imagining of the Hero’s Journey, complete with a quest to unknown lands, challenges and trials along the way, a wise mentor, sacrifice and reward."

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What happens throughout the novel Pax?
Who are the main characters? What is the plot summary?
What tools can we use to better our skills as critical readers?

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We can use signposts, additional resources and other's reviews of books to help us better understand a text.

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About the Red Fox

Red foxes live around the world in many diverse habitats including forests, grasslands, mountains, and deserts. They also adapt well to human environments such as farms, suburban areas, and even large communities. The red fox's resourcefulness has earned it a legendary reputation for intelligence and cunning.

Behavior and Communication

Red foxes are solitary hunters who feed on rodents, rabbits, birds, and other small game-but their diet can be as flexible as their home habitat. Foxes will eat fruit and vegetables, fish, frogs, and even worms. If living among humans, foxes will opportunistically dine on garbage and pet food.

Like a cat's, the fox's thick tail aids its balance, but it has other uses as well. A fox uses its tail (or "brush") as a warm cover in cold weather and as a signal flag to communicate with other foxes.

Foxes also signal each other by making scent posts-urinating on trees or rocks to announce their presence.

In winter, foxes meet to mate. The vixen (female) typically gives birth to a litter of 2 to 12 pups. At birth, red foxes are actually brown or gray. A new red coat usually grows in by the end of the first month, but some red foxes are golden, reddish-brown, silver, or even black. Both parents care for their young through the summer before they are able to strike out on their own in the fall.

Red foxes are hunted for sport, though not extensively, and are sometimes killed as destructive pests or frequent carriers of rabies.

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About the Red Fox Red foxes live around the world in many diverse habitats including forests, grasslands, mountains, and deserts. They also adapt well to human environments such as farms, suburban areas, and even large communities. The red fox's resourcefulness has earned it a legendary reputation for intelligence and cunning.

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If you're fortunate enough have all of your arms and legs, chances are that you take them for granted. The human body is a remarkable piece of biological machinery, and your limbs are no exception. For example, consider the delicate and complex tasks hands can perform, such as writing in calligraphy or playing the violin. At the same time, hands have the strength and durability required to grip heavy objects and withstand impacts. Legs are equally impressive, enabling a person to run long distances without tiring and navigate across uncertain terrains.

When someone loses a limb due to injury or disease, the rich functionality once offered by that limb is lost as well. An upper extremity amputation, involving the loss of all or part of an arm, might mean the loss of the ability to perform job skills or normal activities of daily living. For a lower extremity amputee, someone missing portions of one or more legs, this could mean the loss of the ability to walk or run.

Prosthetic limbs are incredibly valuable to amputees because a prosthesis can help restore some of the capabilities lost with the amputated limb. Although prosthetic limbs have still not advanced to the point where they can rival the functionality provided by biological limbs, the capabilities they do provide can be significant. Great strides are being made each day in the field of prosthetics, and while great technological challenges remain, artificial limbs are becoming increasingly similar to real limbs.

Do you want to know how prosthetic limbs are made? Do you want to know how they're controlled? Just how close are scientists to developing bionic artificial limbs, similar to the ones we see in science fiction movies? We'll let you know. But first, read the next page to take a look into the past and find out how prosthetic limbs have evolved throughout history.

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If you're fortunate enough have all of your arms and legs, chances are that you take them for granted. The human body is a remarkable piece of biological machinery, and your limbs are no exception. For example, consider the delicate and complex tasks hands can perform, such as writing in calligraphy or playing the violin.