Author
Paula Fox
4 books here
The Slave Dancer
Middle grade · ages 10–14 · 780L · 1975
A Newbery winner that doesn't flinch from slavery's horrors, but anchors them through a complicit white child's moral reckoning—harder and more honest than most historical fiction for this age.
One-Eyed Cat
Middle grade · ages 8–12 · 780L · 1984
A rare children's book that treats guilt and moral reckoning as a genuine, lingering process—not a lesson to be learned and closed. Fox's prose is unsentimental and the weight is real.
A Place Apart
Young adult · ages 12–16 · 820L · 1980
A quiet, unsentimental novel about the discomfort of belonging—Paula Fox's restrained prose and refusal to comfort the reader make this stick long after the final page.
Blowfish Live in the Sea
Middle grade · ages 10–14 · 780L
A quietly devastating Newbery Honor book about a girl trying to fit in a world that doesn't make space for her—Paula Fox trusts readers to sit with discomfort rather than resolve it neatly.