A Game of Fox & Squirrels
#4334.07 adjusted 4.02 for sample size in the official ranking · full ranking
Books 1 book Status Complete 2020 Reading commitment Low Jenn Reese Last reviewed 2026-11-01
Overview
A Game of Fox & Squirrels is a middle-grade fantasy novel by Jenn Reese, published by Henry Holt in April 2020. Eleven-year-old Samantha moves with her older sister Caitlin to rural Oregon to live with an aunt, after a family crisis caused by their father's anger. A card game from her aunt brings the trickster fox Ashander into her room, and he offers her a quest for the Golden Acorn. The book is a standalone with no sequels, and the author's other series, Above World, is a separate science fiction story.
Portal fantasy · For Middle grade
Core Canon: Reading Order (1 work) counts toward ranking
A Game of Fox & Squirrels Jenn Reese
| Work | Year | Internal chron. | Canon | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | A Game of Fox & Squirrels | 2020 | 1 | core | 4.07 (1,583 ratings) |
A standalone middle-grade fantasy about a girl, a card game and a trickster fox.
Quick answers
- How many books are in A Game of Fox & Squirrels? A Game of Fox & Squirrels's Core Canon is 1 book.
- Is A Game of Fox & Squirrels finished? Complete (2020).
- How much reading does A Game of Fox & Squirrels take? Low reading commitment (estimated from 1 Core Canon book).
- How is A Game of Fox & Squirrels ranked? #433 in this site's official ranking, based on 1,583 reader ratings across 1 Core Canon book. See the full ranking for how this is calculated.
Why is it ranked #433?
Ranked #433 in the official ranking.
- Average reader rating of 4.07 across 1 core book.
- A smaller readership (1,583 ratings), so the score carries less weight of numbers.
- Less than 0.01 behind #432, Goth Girl (a finer tie-break level decides the order).
- Below the top-10 average of 4.46.
Why explore this universe?
Highly rated · 1 book · Complete · 2k ratings · Ranks #433 overall
Good choice if you want a quick, low-commitment portal fantasy universe that's already finished, so there's no wait for the next book.
Reading order
A single Core Canon work: no sequencing question to resolve.
Awards (verified)
- No awards found for this universe.
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Official resources
Research details
Ranking metrics: weighted average 4.07 across 1,583 ratings on 1 Core Canon book. See Why is it ranked here? above for the full breakdown, or the full ranking.
How do we know this?
Admission: Canon Extension: 22 universes, among them The Ordered and Reflections of Eterna; four candidates ruled out accepted 2026-11-01
Sources: (see source tier definitions)
- Cavalier House Books listing Tier 2
- Google Books Tier 2
- Jenn Reese site Tier 2
Last reviewed: 2026-11-01
Rule: Core Canon = A Game of Fox & Squirrels (2020), a single standalone middle-grade novel.