When Adam Blake lands the best elective ever in his senior year, serving as an aide to the school psychologist, he thinks he’s got it made. Sure, it means a lot of sitting around, which isn’t easy for a guy with ADHD, but he can’t complain, since he gets to spend the period texting all his friends. Then the doctor asks him to track down the troubled freshman who keeps dodging her, and Adam discovers that the boy is Julian–the foster brother he hasn’t seen in five years.
Adam is ecstatic to be reunited. At first, Julian seems like the boy he once knew. He’s still kind hearted. He still writes stories and loves picture books meant for little kids. But as they spend more time together, Adam realizes that Julian is keeping secrets, like where he hides during the middle of the day, and what’s really going on inside his house. Adam is determined to help him, but his involvement could cost both boys their lives.
My Review
Wow! This book is amazing. If you like realistic contemporary young adult novels, put this on your to be read list. In the same vein as John Green’s many works and The Hate U Give, Robin Roe has written a touching, heartwrenching story.
The story line moves seamlessly between Julian’s and Adam’s points of view to fill in the storyline completely. A novel that tackles the tough truths of abuse, loss, love and living in foster care, told in the authentic voices of two young men, it is a true masterpiece.
Buylink: https://www.amazon.ca/List-Cages-Robin-Roe/dp/1484776402/
