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This beautiful illustrated middle grade fiction has all the qualities of a permanent place-keeper on one's bookshelf; kids with whom it resonates won’t be able to surrender it. By the creators who brought us Julia and the Shark, Leila and the Blue Fox , presents a balanced and bespoke narrative based on the real life crossing made by an Artic fox across the Artic circle. Fox, known in human circles as, Miso, is driven by her wild desire, to migrate. She knows not exactly where or how long such a journey will take her. Distance is inconsequential. Survival is her daily modus operandi. To keep on going is her sole motivation. Leila, a young Syrian refugee resides in London with her cousin and aunty. Life is relatively trouble free and wholesome, yet there is an artic circle sized hole within Leila that haunts her; the reason why her mother virtually abandoned her for the last six years. When Leila’s mother sends for Leila to join her in Tromsø, Norway, trepidation pollutes hope...