The Oxboy

By Anne Mazer

Book Overview

The award-winning allegorical fantasy about a boy who is half ox, half-human-now in paperback for the first time. An ALA Notable Book; a Notable Children's Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0679841911
• ISBN13: 9780679841913
• Release Date: October 1993
• Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers
• Length: 109 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.3" x 5.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

A superb fairytale/allegory for readers of all ages.

This allegory of Beauty and the Beast has been written for juvenile readers but is reviewed here for its interest to adults readers as well: part fairy tale, part allegory, The Oxboy tells of an ox boy who resembles a child but who is born of a strange union between ox and woman. He experiences prejudice and kindness in strange places in a world which can't quite define or hold him.