![]() ![]() ![]() His minions, three timid squirrels, urge Sam to placate him, but she realizes she must look elsewhere to find courage to resist. What begins as a hero’s journey degenerates into cruel demands. The flamboyant fox Ashander feeds Sam’s hopes, testing her loyalty she must earn her right to go home. The squirrels and fox on the cards, she discovers, have real-life counterparts. A gift from Vicky, the Game of Fox & Squirrels, could help with that. (The girls and their aunt are white Hannah has a Chinese surname.) While Caitlin, 13, gratefully adapts, Sam wants only to return to their parents. A preteen confronts the child abuse that’s shaped her world through a mysterious game, alluring and terrifying, with rules that are all too familiar.Īfter Sam, 11, panicked and revealed the child abuse that left older sister Caitlin with a broken arm, the girls were sent to live with Aunt Vicky and her wife, Hannah, in rural Oregon. ![]()
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