RaveAutostraddlePoignant, lyrical, heartbreaking ... Mitya and I actually have little in common other than the year of our birth, but I couldn’t help thinking of him as a kindred spirit. It’s also a testament to how warmly, and with so much endearing detail, Kazbek characterizes Mitya and his worldview .... The books that always hit me the hardest are the ones I keep thinking about long after I’m done reading them ... Part mystery, part fairy tale, part economic commentary, part exploration of the impact of the fall of the USSR, and all heart and spirit and earnestness, Little Foxes invites readers to fall in love with a child falling in love with himself and his friends and his own power and his own transformative potential amidst a backdrop of chaos.
