George and the Flying Foxes

This book tells the story of George Fox and the beginning of the Religious Society of Friends, Quakers. It begins with the hasty arrival of some lads into the meeting house on a Sunday morning as the lads hide to escape from a group of others who want a fight. After the Meeting, the intruding group is welcomed by other young people in the Meeting and invited for coffee and biscuits. As they get talking they ask about the meeting and Quakerism. The response leads to some of them asking further questions and being invited to join the youth club happening a few days later. The book then moves to follow many of the same group at school exploring the life and ideals of George Fox. The class continues as the class is divided into six six groups for an art class. The groups are each are given handouts about Fox and then are asked to produce an artwork for each handout illustrating the ways in which Fox responded to events in the life of religious seekers in the 1650s.