Girl In a Cage

Ms. Bennett
6th Grade English
Room 14

"Girl In a Cage" by Jane Yolen is about the young daughter of Robert
Bruce, heir to the throne of Scotland, during the English reign of
King Edward the "Longshanks". Anyone who has seen the movie
"Braveheart" knows about the trouble between Scotland and England
during the early 1300's. The story picks up after Wallace's death and
is seen through the eyes of Robert's daughter, Marjorie, who is
growing up a princess to a country constantly under the threat of
invasion by the English. Told in flashbacks after she is taken
hostage and locked in a cage by by King Edward as bait for her
powerful father, she reveals to herself and to the people who come to
know her what it truly means to be a princess.

I loved this book not only because the characters were beautifully
written but because the historical reality of Marjorie's situation was
truly chilling. Jane Yolen kept me in suspense, wondering whether she
would be rescued or murdered by her father's greatest enemy.