Disturbing Title - well worth the read!

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	• They Cage the Animals at Night (Signet) Jennings Michael Burch Signet, 1985 - 304 pages average customer review:based on 185 reviews view larger image
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A Really Great Book!!! :-)

I thought that They Cage the Animals at Night was a great book. It had so much detail and Jennings wrote this book as he experienced it, through a child's eyes. This book shows you a new way of looking at things. Jennings goes through so much through the duration of this book and as you're reading it, you don't want to stop because you get so caught in the book that it feels like you are there experiencing those same things with him.
I would recommend this to grades 9 and up because it is not graphic but it has a lot of sad things that happened to him. But I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in reading a really good book.

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Disturbing Title - well worth the read!

Yes, I am one of those people who picked up the book and didn't put it down until I was finished - about 2 1/2 hours later. All I can say is- W-O-W... In the time it took to read this book, I experienced the gamut of emotions (happiness, sadness, anger, shock, disbelief, horror) and spilled plenty of tears!

The book also shed some light on the true "spirit" of these Catholic Church-run homes and on the NYS Foster Care system of the 1940's & 1950's. While the abuses chronicled in "They Cage..." would never be tolerated today, it is disheartening to know that such practices DID exist.

Reading this book made me appreciate my own children all the mor. I also hope the current system in place (think of the starved children in an NJ foster home about a year and a half ago) is revamped positively so no one has to experience the trauma and suffering that Jennings Michael Burch did.

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wow...

I absolutely loved this book.... I didn't put it down until I was finished, by that time I was sobbing. It is a haunting story that stays with you long after you are done reading it

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