pinoncoffee 's review for:

A Game of Fox & Squirrels by Jenn Reese

3.0

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I would not necessarily regard this as a children’s book, though it may be helpful in some cases. It’s absolutely about the author working through abuse in her own past, and it may be most helpful to adults in a similar situation. But—she has built most of a tower from which you can see the sea, to use Tolkien’s metaphor. I think Reese has done an excellent job mythologizing a difficult topic. Something is still missing.

I don’t love it. I can’t even articulate right now what it is but I don’t want to recommend it wholeheartedly and I am not going to go hand it to my kids and say “you have to read this!” Don’t trust foxes, y’all.

Note: the main characters go live with their lesbian aunt and her wife, and it’s a massive improvement over their previous home life.