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The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy

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  This   book is for everyone no matter you are eight or eighty, you can go dip into anywhere anytime , start from the middle and scribble around the corners to your interpretation.   It is a graphic novel, the pictures and text work together to tell a story about friendship and  acceptance. The  boy attempts to find his home alone, he meets a mole, a fox, and a horse that became his companions on the journey through the wilderness and the river. The book is about friendship, advice, and lessons accompanied by fanciful hand-drawn illustrations that inspire and encourage us to embrace love, life, and hope. The divinity about the book is it's realistic approach towards life and how everything in this book is right there in front of our eyes it's just that we never notice it. As the boy says "I think everyone is just trying to get home" “ All four characters represent different parts of the same person,” Charlie Mackesy explained, “the inquisitive boy,  ...