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Cages was a really good book with some sad parts like with Lady. I especially liked the ending. My favorite part was when Kit got shop lifting again after she shop lifted a thought she was going to ask Mrs. Fenton if she could pick something else. One more thing,that was the best book ever.


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Cages 9 Peg Kehret 9780525650621 Books Reviews

The first time I read this book was about 15 years ago. Since then, I have read it on dozens of other occasions because it never fails to leave me satisfied.

The story revolves around Kit, a ninth grader who has just discovered she was passed over for the lead role in her school play. To add insult to injury, the role was given to a self-involved girl that Kit is not particularly fond of. Disappointed and upset, Kit heads home at the end of the day thinking she will spend the evening relaxing to cheer herself up. When she arrives, she finds her stepdad in the middle of a binge drinking session, and her mother tip-toeing around to placate him. In no mood for her stepdad's belligerence, they argue, and Kit leaves even more troubled than before. Unsure of where to go, Kit ends up at the local mall where she runs into Marcie, the girl who won the lead role in the play. Marcie's father is buying her a gold bracelet as a "congratulations" present. In a moment of jealousy, confusion and frustration, Kit shoplifts a gold bracelet for herself. Her decision sets off a chain reaction of events that open her eyes to who she is, and she wants to be.

What stuck with me when I was younger was that Kit takes responsibility for her actions. Although her decisions were affected by her stepdad's words, she holds herself accountable for her choice to shoplift and the resulting consequences. Kit finds a strength in herself and plans to make ammends. And even though it takes her several tries to set her life straight, she emerges with a new understanding of herself and the relationships with the people she loves. Kit learns from her mistakes, and the reader learns with her.

By the last chapter, I always want to stand up and give Kit a round of applause. I hope other readers feel that way too! Definitely 5 stars!
This book seems to have a very polarizing effect on readers- you either love it or you find it dreadfully dull. I read this for the first time when I was in sixth grade and it had my heart in its clutches.
Cages is about a girl named Kit who is experiencing a difficult personal life. Her stepdad is regularly drunk and her poor mom is in denial about his behavior. A snobby rich girl gets the lead for the play while Kit, who was vying for the same part, is overlooked. Instead, she is assigned the job of making posters to increase the play's publicity. This culmination of unfortunate events results in a stress that motivates her to lash out. Due to her bad behavior, she is forced to work at the Humane Society for 20 hours. Her time at the Humane Society helps Kit grow as a person and better understand herself. It is a coming-of-age novel and one that tweens might find valuable and heartwarming. I personally loved this book but I've always loved animals.
*I wrote this review when I was 14? And I am just now editing, but below this sentence is a cute little scrap that I will allow to remain*
P.s. I realized that if Ms. Fenton would have chosen Kit to be the lead none of this would have happened. One decision can make or break you. This situation "broke" Kit but worked out for the better. ;)
Peg Kehret was one of my favorite authors when I was much younger. Most of her novels deal with preteen protagonists who find themselves in danger when they inadvertently stumble across some kind of criminal plot. It's not the most original premise, but Kehret's work stood out for me on account of her genuinely engaging characters, well-paced suspense, frequent dollops of humor, and the genuine love of animals that seems to work its way, at least a little, into everything she writes.

In "Cages," Kehret sets aside her usual formula this time, it's her protagonist who's on the wrong side of the law. Kit Hathaway thought she had a good chance at the lead role in the school play, but when the cast list is posted, her name is nowhere on it. Coming home from school in a bad mood, the last thing she needs is to discover her stepfather's drunk again. Fed up with his boorish behavior and her mother's enabling, Kit storms out of the house. A bit of window-shopping at the mall seems like a fine way to pass the time until she has to go home again, but when she runs into the spoiled, obnoxious girl who won the lead role she'd so coveted - and she's there with her father to celebrate her accomplishment with a new piece of gold jewelry - Kit decides it's time, just once, for her to get something she wants too, and she slips a gold bracelet into her pocket. It's the impulse of a moment, an act entirely out of character for the quiet, studious ninth-grader - but with the flash of a badge, the words "I'm with store security," Kit's whole life is about to change.

It's not a thriller, but somehow "Cages," even more than two decades after I first read it, keeps me turning pages as hungrily as any of Kehret's novels of suspense ever did. Sentenced to community service, Kit becomes a volunteer for the Humane Society, bringing to the fore the novel's central metaphor Kit feels just as trapped and desperate as the unwanted animals in their cages. It's a pleasure to watch the troubled girl blossom into a young woman of rare strength and courage, with the aid and guidance of a warm, wise cast of mentors and friends. Without ever coming across as heavy-handed or denying the reality of emotional pain, Kehret delivers a strong message of personal accountability you can't control the cards you're dealt, but it's up to you how you play them. One of her greatest accomplishments here - and an unfortunately rare one in the world of children's literature - is Kehret's complex portrayal of Kit's mother and stepfather. It would have been easy either to make them simple villains on the one hand, or offer them pat and perfect redemption on the other. Instead, they are portrayed throughout as flawed and fallible people doing the best they can while trapped in cages of their own, and Kit learns to love and respect them as they are even as she rejects some of their values and priorities.

"Cages" is a slender novel that packs a surprising emotional wallop. I still can read the last third or so of the book only through a blur of tears. Please read it. (And then, if you love it as much as I do, try Kathe Koja's "Straydog," an equally trenchant - but somewhat heavier - novel about a likable but troubled teenage girl who volunteers with animals.)
I give this a 4 stars because it was a great book, but the ending was a cliff hanger. 📕
Another great story!
Awesome book. Makes me cry every time I read it!
Grandaughter loved it
Cages was a really good book with some sad parts like with Lady. I especially liked the ending. My favorite part was when Kit got shop lifting again after she shop lifted a thought she was going to ask Mrs. Fenton if she could pick something else. One more thing,that was the best book ever.