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Going to Ground: Shapeshifter Book 3 by Ali Sparkes (view source)
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Since I wrote the above, I have - due to the generosity of the publishers and kind correspondence with Ali Sparkes herself - been allowed to receive the first two volumes in the cycle to play catch-up.
The first, [[''Finding the Fox]] '' brilliantly launches you into immediate empathy with Dax, as he encounters the gross-out diet of a fox (dead spiders are nutty, apparently) almost before he realises he has the shape-shifting skill. Finely pitched sentiment and gentle humour lead Dax to the Minack-style setting of the school campus, and the initial adventures he has there. Five stars.
Those adventures clearly take their toll, as FoxDax's whiskers turn from black to white between books, the second of which pitches newcomers into the mix of tightly-knit main characters. Thus, again, great characterisation and sterling work on Dax's adventures and progress result - five stars for ''Running the Risk'' too.