Pax

“The scent is my boy’s.  Have you seen him?  Pax shared the most important features of his human–the naked round ears; the towering legs, so improbably long that Pax always feared he would topple over when he ran; the black curled hair that grew to different lengths, then became short again.”

–Pax, by Sara Pennypacker.  Illustrated by John Klassen.

A Gathering of Shadows

“The world is neither fair nor right, but it has a way of balancing itself.  Magic teaches us that much.”

-Tieren, A Gathering of Shadows, by V.E. Schwab