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“Gripping and addictive—Shepherd has delivered again! A captivating mix of intrigue, deft twists, and complex questions, this is a must-read.”—Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner, New York Times bestselling authors of These Broken Stars
The Maze Runner meets Scott Westerfeld in this new series Kirkus Reviews calls “swoon-worthy and thrilling” about teens held captive in a human zoo by an otherworldly race. From Megan Shepherd, the acclaimed author of the Madman’s Daughter trilogy.
When Cora Mason wakes in a desert, she doesn’t know where she is or who put her there. As she explores, she finds an impossible mix of environments—tundra next to desert, farm next to jungle, and a strangely empty town cobbled together from different cultures, all watched over by eerie black windows. And she isn’t alone.
Four other teenagers have also been taken: a beautiful model, a tattooed smuggler, a secretive genius, and an army brat who seems to know too much about Cora’s past. None of them have a clue as to what happened, and all of them have secrets. As the unlikely group struggles for leadership, they slowly start to trust each other. But when their mysterious jailer appears—a handsome young guard called Cassian—they realize that their captivity is more terrifying than they could ever imagine: their captors aren’t from Earth. And they have taken the five teenagers for an otherworldly zoo—where the exhibits are humans.
The Cage, by Megan Shepherd - Amazon Sales Rank: #235380 in Books
- Brand: Shepherd, Megan
- Published on: 2015-05-26
- Released on: 2015-05-26
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x 1.25" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 400 pages
The Cage, by Megan Shepherd From School Library Journal Gr 9 Up—When Cora wakes up in the middle of a desert, the last thing she can remember is driving to a ski resort with her brother. She comes across five other teenagers in this unfamiliar world, and they learn that they have been selected by highly intelligent aliens as study subjects; they are watched and controlled at all times. Each captive has been paired with another—with the charge to procreate within 21 days or face a fate worse than captivity. Cora can't forget home, and her constant search for an escape puts her at odds with the rest of the group, who begin to see her as a threat to their survival. The originality of the setting and its diverse cast of characters make the story compelling at the beginning, but as the book continues, the characters stagnate and become predictable. The romantic interest Cora has for Cassian, a 7-foot-tall, metallic-skinned alien, seems unlikely, but drives the plot and leads to the twist at the end. VERDICT Readers who want more alien YA fiction may like this one, but Rick Yancey's The 5th Wave (Putnam, 2013) and Pittacus Lore's "Lorien Legacies" series (HarperCollins) are a better place to start newly interested teens.—Marian McLeod, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, CT
Review “Gripping and addictive—Shepherd has delivered again! A captivating mix of intrigue, deft twists, and complex questions, this is a must-read.” (Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner, authos of These Broken Stars)“A brilliant, exciting tale of what it’s like to be human, even when all hope is lost. Shepherd perfectly contrasts freedom and entrapment, humanity and alien nature, loss and love.” (Beth Revis, author of the New York Times Bestselling Across the Universe series.)“Megan Shepherd’s The Cage is a thrilling sci-fi/thriller mix with a healthy helping of Lord of the Flies. This fast-paced speculative tale will keep you thinking long after you turn th elast page.” (Aprilynne Pike, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wings and Earthbound)“Riveting and haunting, The Cage is both a suspenseful page-turner and a thought-provoking look at humanity. With its terrifying premise and captivating plot, this is a story that truly lingers. I can’t wait for the next book!” (Megan Miranda, author of Fracture, Hysteria, Vengeance, and Soulprint)“Compelling contemporary science fiction with a classic Star Trek flair.” (Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books)“Shepherd is a master of pacing, and each chapter brings new revelations…Satisfying.” (Publishers Weekly)“Swoon-worthy and thrilling” (Kirkus Reviews)“Will make readers squirm, even as it causes them to reflect on what it means to be human.” (Booklist)Praise for HER DARK CURIOSITY: “Secrets and mad scientists offer a gory gothic adventure.” (Kirkus Reviews)Praise for HER DARK CURIOSITY: “Shepherd’s integration of romance into her nods to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dracula, Frankenstein, and Jack the Ripper is masterful, and she does not back down from a hugely dark cliff-hanger ending. Bosoms, prepare to heave—and throats, prepare to scream.” (Booklist)Praise for HER DARK CURIOSITY: “The mash-up of classic literature with modern paranormal fiction is refreshing and appealing.” (Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA))Praise for HER DARK CURIOSITY: “Deliciously dark and exciting” (School Library Journal)Praise for THE MADMAN’S DAUGHTER: “The fast-paced book is rife with excitement, romance, and intrigue.”\ (School Library Journal (starred review))Praise for THE MADMAN’S DAUGHTER: “A deft twist on a familiar classic, THE MADMAN’S DAUGHTER has the best of everything: beautiful writing, breakneck pacing, a pulse-pounding mystery, and an irresistible romance. (Carrie Ryan, New York Times bestselling author of The Forest of Hands and Teeth series)Praise for THE MADMAN’S DAUGHTER: “Unexpected twists and a cliffhanger ending that should leave [readers] craving more.” (Publishers Weekly)Praise for THE MADMAN’S DAUGHTER: “Romantic, haunting, and full of spine-tingling thrills, THE MADMAN’S DAUGHTER kept me reading late into the night.” (Veronica Rossi, New York Times bestselling author of UNDER THE NEVER SKY)Praise for THE MADMAN’S DAUGHTER: “Anyone who doesn’t pick up the next volume is mad!” (ALA Booklist)
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When Cora Mason wakes in a desert, she doesn't know where she is or who put her there. As she explores, she finds an impossible mix of environments—tundra next to desert, farm next to jungle—and a strangely empty town cobbled together from different cultures and time periods, all watched over by eerie black windows. And she isn't alone.
Four other teenagers have also been taken: a beautiful model, a tattooed smuggler, a secretive genius, and an army brat who seems to know too much about Cora's past. None of them have a clue as to what happened, and all of them have secrets. As the unlikely group struggles for leadership, they slowly start to trust each other. But when their mysterious jailer appears—a handsome young guard called Cassian—they realize that their captivity is more terrifying than they could ever imagine: Their abductors aren't from Earth. And they have taken the five teenagers to an otherworldly zoo—where the exhibits are humans.
When a forbidden attraction develops between Cora and Cassian, she realizes that her best chance of escape might be in the arms of her own jailer—though that would mean leaving the others behind. Can Cora manage to save herself and her companions? And if so . . . what world lies beyond the walls of their cage?
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful. The ending blew me away By Beauty but a Funny Girl There's an old Twilight Zone episode that I love ("People Are Alike All Over") that deals with this topic - people zoo! - and after I read the synopsis for The Cage I knew I had to read Megan Shepherd's take on this.The story is told mostly through Cora's perspective, but we do get a few chapters from the five other captives (Lucky, Rolf, Nok, Lean, and Mali). Cassian soon introduces himself as a member of the Kindred, "the most advanced among the intelligent species and as such, take responsibility for overseeing lesser races," like humans, and have taken these individuals as they posses qualities the Kindred find desirable. After learning that they have indeed been abducted, and only have about 21 days to bang it out or be "relocated," Cora decides she is going to escape. Which is where I have my biggest issue with The Cage, along with my love/hate toward Cora herself.Cora, having just been released from juvenile detention, has had enough of being held prisoner. She attempts to enlist that help of the others, with only Lucky being her supporter. I completely understand not wanting to live in an alien zoo and having the desire to go home, but where are you going to go? How are you going to get home? You're not in the depths of a jungle in Africa, you're on an alien planet.However, her determination to go home and refusal to procreate because the Kindred said so makes her more admirable than the other characters who just accept their fate. There are moments where I wanted Cora to just stop and accept her fate and other times where I am rooting for her. She is a strong and determined character whose refusal to accept her new life might just be what saves them all. Maybe, there are still two books to go :)There is a bit of downtime throughout the plot. Things aren't really happening but the reader, along with our characters, are getting used to the world and their new existence. The Cage definitely reads like first novel in a series, but while there is a lot of "wandering around," the plot doesn't feel long and drawn out. I wish I could go more into detail about this but I don't want to spoil things for you and, despite lack of action, there are a few rather interesting aspects that I loved being surprised by.In all honestly, I was nervous throughout reading this book because it's a trilogy and I didn't want to read three books of these people being stuck in their cage, Cora trying to escape, and everyone else telling her to just deal with it. But oh buddy, that ending! The ending blew me away - it was amazing! So while The Cage does have it's moments where the plot seems drawn out and you're just waiting for something to happen, it's all worth it once you get passed that halfway mark and you're itching to get your hands on book two!
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful. Review: The Cage (The Cage #1) by Megan Shepherd By Preethi The Cage came out in May, I had an ARC since, like, January, and I only just read this now. Why, you ask? What's my problem, you ask? Well, what happened was that I kept putting this one off since I saw several not-so-great reviews of the book. Now, if I had looked closely I would have seen that there were a ton of good reviews, but I focused on the ones that claimed this book was a meh read and sometimes even worse, and I'll admit, they affected how I thought of the novel. Finally, a couple of days ago I was in the mood for this and I decided that I'd read it once and for all. Best. Decision. Ever. I finished the book in one sitting, and oh my gosh The Cage is one of the best things to have ever happened to me. After all, as author Lindsay Cummings says, "Megan Shepherd can do no wrong".Based on my brief reading of the synopsis so long ago and the start of the story, I knew that this was a science fiction novel. For some reason, however, it totally escaped my notice that this was a book about aliens. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with aliens, but you must admit that when someone recommends you a book and they say it's about aliens, it doesn't exactly get you psyched out to read the book (I've tried this before when recommending Obsidian...didn't go so well). After that initial smack in the face though, boy was I happy to see those aliens - especially the one, Cassian. When I first saw him, I hated him. You may think this is normal, but it isn't in the least. Usually it's the main character who hates the guy on sight and I'm the one who loves him; this time it was flipped. I HATED the dude on principle, you know what I mean, and then Cora was all Oh my, what is this attraction I feel? Not cool. I totally got on board that ship a few pages after that - I have my reasons - and everything else that happened after that was amazing. Ridiculously amazing. If you believe you won't be caught up in the alien-human romance and that's why you haven't read this yet, I strongly urge you to think again. Secretive, mysterious, not-supposed-to-be-compassionate-but-is, hot alien dude? You want. Everything in this book is brilliant, and the relationship between Cassian and Cora is no different.What surprised me most about this book is how different I felt about each character at the end of the novel when compared to how I felt in the beginning. Basically what happened is that the people I liked in the beginning, I disliked them by the end, and vice versa. There's definitely some crazy character development going on there. The main character Cora, I liked her from beginning to end, but how I felt about the other people she was trapped in the cage with altered drastically - it was actually a pleasant realization. No one likes predictable characters, and in Shepherd's latest book, they were anything but. Not only did each character have an utterly unique backstory and life back on Earth, but they were each interesting in their own way. At the same time, there was never a moment in the book where I was bored of seeing any of them; they all played an integral part in the story, whether or not they realized it.Pretty much every aspect of The Cage surprised me, but nothing shocked me more than that EPIC plot twist at the end. I never would have suspected anything like it, and the twist rendered me speechless. That was cruel, Shepherd, that was cruel. I mean, as you near the end of the novel you guess at every single possible ending, and finally, the author does something you never even would have, could have considered possible. It's crazy, and yet it makes me love this novel even more. Thanks to that unexpected surprise I've been going mental wishing that book two would just fall into my hands right at this very moment. Sadly, it hasn't happened yet.My favorite part of this book was probably that it made me question humanity while at the same time made me proud to be a part of it. There's a comment in the book that says that humans aren't meant to be behind bars - that we aren't animals. That got me thinking: what makes it okay for animals to be locked in cages? We say it's for their protection, and to keep them reproducing/save their species, but The Cage makes it abundantly clear that we humans as individuals wouldn't under any circumstances be okay with giving away our freedom and being forced to reproduce with others not of our choice simply to save humanity as a whole. So why should animals? Food for thought (because is there really a right answer to that?).Never in a million years would I have expected to love this book as much as I did. Clearly I didn't put enough faith in Megan Shepherd. She is an amazing author with a resplendent mind, and I can't wait to read more of her works. Shepherd has quickly become one of my favorite Young Adult authors, and I hope that every one of you tries out or already has tried out a book of hers. There's just nothing else like them.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Just Not Believable By Talvi Writing a review for The Cage presents a unique challenge: the story, like the characters and pacing, was a frustrating mix of good and bad. Characters were so unlikeable as to be irredeemable (even as antiheroes) and a love triangle including an alien jailor lamentable. It felt as if this should have been a good book but the wrong choices were made by the author consistently throughout.Story: 5 teens wake up in a strange place. As they meet and begin to explore, it is clear they are in some kind of unnatural habitat - and are being watched. The inhabitants are: Cora (a girl with politician father and troubled past), Lucky (born into a blue collar family and son of a military vet), Rolf (Norwegian scientific genius), Nok (Thai girl sold into slavery in London as a 'model'), and Leon (New Zealander Maori from a mob type family). Each is supposed to have certain 'gifts' (e.g., strength, intelligence, beauty) and soon they discover they are part of a 'zoo' on an alien ship. They are paired to each other (Leon's partner died while trying to escape) and are told by their 'caretaker' alien they have to procreate. While Cora fights her incarceration and wants to escape, the others don't mind their pleasant cage and change from less than ideal lives on Earth. But Cora's fighting may just endanger all of them if the Warden gets tired of Cora's defiance and ends them all.Admittedly, it all went south for me when Cora wakes up and remembers her dream of a beautiful, angelic like alien creature carrying her before she ended up in the zoo. She then spends the rest of the book cooing over her captor and trying to resist kissing him (all the while being attracted to Lucky, her partner teen, and deciding whether or not kissing him would mean she wasn't defiant enough). Problematic for me: a) where would Cora escape to if she is on a ship?? Especially since she's told that the rest of the ship's inhabitants treat the humans like meals or slaves?) and b) the Caretaker is an alien, looks like an alien, and has imprisoned her. Why is she attracted to it? Instead of admiring his manly physique (well, ok, she does that as well), now we have to get a teen mooning over his 'pleasing sensations'. Ugh.It's hard to respect a character like Cora when she never makes any intelligent decisions or is forever mooning over an alien (this isn't a Stockholm Syndrome since that kind of obsession has to take place over time - not with insta-luv). But the other characters, though they are all given full backstories and even POVs, are just as unlikable. Leon is an oaf and mopey, Lucky is the 'too good to be true' guy madly in love (of course) with Cora, Nok is manipulative and seduces the guys in order to protect herself, and a character added later, Mali, is sullen and withdrawn but very knowledgeable about the aliens and their cruelty outside the shelter (Hello, Cora?) yet no one ever spends time questioning her to find out more about their captivity.The author does try hard to give us nuanced characters and explain why they do the stupid actions that make them so unlikable (Cora's imprisonment in Juvie, Nok's indenturer teaching her how to use men, Rolf's being bullied constantly, etc.). Yet despite the attempts at nuanced writing, they all seem so flat. Giving them POVs didn't help us understand them more, it just fractured the story more. E.g., if you are going to place doubt that one of them is a mole for the aliens, then don't give everyone a POV and not bother to pretend one may be an unreliable narrator. This would have been a much better novel with one strong POV (Lucky's for example). But I fear Cora's actions are so stupid that Lucky's insta luv would have been completely baffling.If the ill conceived romance with the 'angelic' alien had been jettisoned, I'd have liked the book a bit better. Twists at the end made the supposedly superior intellect aliens seem as brilliant as my cat chasing a laser pen dot and left a cliffhanger. It was a shame because it all ended up feeling overthought and underwritten at the same time. Together, I felt underwhelmed reading the story. Reviewed from an advance reader copy provided by the publisher.
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