12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
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This Book was the Best Book I Ever read in My Life!, December 10, 1999
This review is from: The Foxman (Mass Market Paperback)
I thought this book was awesome! It is my favorite book. It is about a boy who is striped away from his parents because they have a drinking problem. So they send him to live in his uncles cabin. He has to get use to it than he starts to get wilder and goes hunting with his cousin. They see a fox and chase after it for a long time until he find a log cabin so he knocks on the door and the Foxman appears.He Has a messed up face he puts a mask on. They spent the night and left,but Carl likes him so he keeps coming back until he gets snow blind on the way and if you want to knows what happens to Carl and The Foxman read the book The Foxman. I recomend this book to adventureous people. This book teaches people not to judge a book by its cover.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Gripping!, August 17, 2002
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A fifteen-year-old boy has been putting up with the hazards of his drunken parents for some time now. After a certain event happens as a result of them being drunk, the boy is ordered by the court to go live with his family in the cold woods of Minnesota until he can come back home.
While staying with his new family, the boy will see what it's like to do some pretty tough chores, he'll hear many unfunny war stories, and try to fit in with the people he now has to share a house with. But all of those things pale in comparison to meeting and befriending the Foxman. This 'Foxman' isn't your typical, everyday person; something bad happened to him years ago, and he doesn't choose to be anywhere near society, but there's something about the boy's company that changes him.
"The Foxman" is a GRIPPING story, to say the least! The author, Gary Paulsen has had countless experiences of what it's like to live in the north amongst the woods and wildlife, and you can definitely see it when you read many of his books. I must say, it is beyond me as to why "The Foxman" wasn't a Newbery Honor Book. It's much better than The Winter Room, which did win the great honor, and it's a downright classic in my book!
Gary Paulsen has a natural gift of writing in a way as to provide imagery from start to finish in his works. While you're reading "The Foxman", you will be devoured into the story and after you read so far, you'll almost feel like you're actually a part of the story. Let me give you a fair warning right now, once you begin reading THIS book, you will not want to put it down until you finish it. Another great thing about the book is that its characters are very interesting; you'll grow attached to the two main characters before you know it.
"The Foxman" is a great, adventurous book about friendship, troubles, and life in the northern woods. If you're a fan of books of those kinds, you can't afford to NOT purchase this one! I've read a bunch of Gary Paulsen's books (I just counted 16 from memory), and I'd put "The Foxman" right up there with the likes of "Hatchet", "Dogsong", and "The Island". It just might be one of the most underrated books there are.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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The is a wonderful read... for people of all ages., April 3, 2001
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The book was probably one of Paulsen's best. He really out-did himself with this book! It is a touching story about friendship, lose, betrayle, and kids dealing with grown-up problems. This book leaves the reader beging for a sequal. This book made even me cry. It's very heavy, but worth the tears. You'll be reading deep into the night... telling yourself you'll stop after this sentence, this paragraph, this page... until you've finished the book... My only warning about this book is lack of sleep while reading it.
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