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Cages is about a girl named Kit Hathaway who is mad after losing the lead in the school play and is constantly fighting with her stepfather.  No wonder she steals a bracelet and is sentenced to twenty hours of volunteer work at the humane society.  Now she knows she lost her chance at a ninth grade scholarship. But with the help of one special friend, Kit soon learns that the answers to her prayers were right in front of her all along.

Fall 2003

Kit really wants to get the lead in the play, but when she doesn't get the part she is so mad that she steals a bracelet.  When she has to do volunteer work at the humane society Kit finds that the animals aren't the only ones stuck in a cage.

Summer 2003

Cages is about a young 9th grader named Kit Hathaway and the problems she is dealing with.  Kit steals a beautiful gold bracelet from a store in the mall.  Kit never means to steal, but she wants the bracelet badly after not getting the part she wants in the school play.  She also steals because of the problems at home.  After stealing, Kit has to work in a humane society for dogs.  Kit really likes a dog in the humane society named Lady.  Kit tries to adopt this dog or find it a home.

I feel this book is very well written and the author's writing style makes you want to keep reading.  There also is a lesson in this story "Never do anything you might regret later."

If I were a Newbery Honor judge this book would receive one!!!

Summer 2003