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aged by Theresa Breslin
Seven homeless teenagers have been plucked from the streets.á Living in an abandoned underground station they are being trained to fight as cage fighters in an internet streamed contest.á Each fight brings money and a chance for the fighters to start new lives away from the streets. But is that the real motive?
This is a gripping adventure thriller from Carnegie winning author Theresa Breslin.
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A really good book for people my age. Action packed and a very detailed book. A bit of a shocking ending to the book but for an overall view an amazing book.
4 STARS
Caged is a book that brings light on the problems of homelessness on the streets. It’s a great way of showing that someone without a home will do practically anything to get enough for a meal. Even if it means breaking the law.
All-in-all, I enjoyed reading Caged and thoroughly enjoyed the excitement of the battles, the story line, and everything in between.
I have never before read a book that I have been keen to read, but this was different. Once you’ve started reading it you can’t stop. Probably the best book I’ve read.
5 stars
Personally, I think that Caged is a fantastic book, and the author has gone into amazing detail about how homeless children must fight every day to survive. I thoroughly enjoyed the ending, where Spartacus *******(spoiler alert) the cage fighters because throughout the book I believed that Spartacus was a noble man that actually cared for these kind of people. Overall, the book is a brilliant one but I would only rate it 4 STARS, as the bit about Darcey and the old, abandoned Langsdaine station slightly freaked me out.
4 STARS.
What a fantastic review thanks Zak. I have just removed one word as I thought it might be a spoiler. I hope you don’t mind, it kept me guessing till the end too.
Caged is a fantastic book that provides you with a great insight into the world that homeless people live in. The book follows Kai, a fifteen year old runaway who gets recruited to a cage fighting tournament for money. I found Caged a thoroughly enjoyable, if slightly short read.
5 STARS