Ghost Fox is a story that takes place in China around 900 A.D. A girl lives in a southern village and her father is going out to sea. He does not know when he will be back. When she and her mother go to say good-bye, the girl meets a man who is selling boxes. He tells the girl to buy one, but she does not. He threatens her saying that she will regret it if she does not. She still does not believe the man and walks away. That night she sees the man walking behind her house. She quickly warns her mother about this, but when her mother looks out the window, nothing is there but a fox. Her mother starts to go crazy and abuses the girl. The girl goes to her uncle to see if he has ever heard of a man who turns into a fox. Her uncle tells her of the time when he had encountered one and the bad luck it brought him. Read this book to find out if she can catch the ghost fox before her mother gets worse.

Spring 2001