Unhappy in Grandma's house, full of his battling, broken family, and at the new school ruled by lawless gangs, Tod takes refuge in the old quarries, where the fox-man Dan Russell shows him a secret, other life. But as he gets more involved in the fox world,Tod learns that no life is quite independent, and that the freedom of the wild can be even more cruel than the painful tangles of human society...

 

This book was recognised in the Book of the Year - Older Readers category by the Children's Book Council of Australia Awards.

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 1998 by Hachette Children's Group .