They Cage the Animals at Night

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Summary: DON'T READ THIS BOOK!
Review: I thought that They Cage The Animals at Night was a very boring book and I would not recommend it for kids. The reason that I thought it was boring is it was a very slow moving book and it went on and on about the smallest things. It's a book about a boy whose mother keeps putting him in orphanages and bad things keep happening to him when he goes there. I prefer sci-fi and action books.

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Summary: They Cage The Animals At Night
Review: When I was in 6th grade we started reading a book called They Cage the Animals at Night. I loved the book,it is the best book I have ever read.After the class finished the book Jennings Michael Birch came to our school to tell us all about his childhood.He even signed my book.He also still had Doggie with him.I wish I could find out if he is still around cause I would love to write to him.It's a must read.

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Summary: Pain In My Heart
Review: When I read this book, I felt sadness, joy, sadness again, anger and my heart broke near the end. While reading I did not know the ending which kept my interest in the book. I would like to have seen a second book about the rest of his life.

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Summary: They Cage the Animals at Night
Review: My twelve year old daughter read this remarkable book over a vacation. So awe inspiring that she cried throughout most of the vacation. She finished it and I picked it up. Jennings is a wonderful innocent being who as a child, gave into to his surroundings because he had no choice. I cried throughout the book also, hardly ever puting it down the two days it took me to read it. It's a story of hardship, emotional abuse and neglect by teachers as well as clergy.

Jennings could have easily turned out to be on the outskirts of life, drifting in and out of prison. Instead he gave us this book and a hard look at a life that most of us have never seen. A wonderfully poignant and terrible sad book at the same time.

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Summary: everyone should read this
Review: i have read this book several times, and each time it touches me more than the last. it is a wonderful, heartfelt tear jerker, and a warning: once you start reading this book, you will not be able to stop until you get to the end. i would recomend this story to everyone, no matter what age or sex you are. it is wonderful

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Summary: Tears, laughter...more tears
Review: I read this book in about 2 days, I couldn't put it down. If you don't like to have a book change your life, or be inspired and more aware of the world around you then don't read it! I cried throughout the whole thing, and it is extremely well written. My life has been changed, and I highly recommend it to everyone. It's a heartbreaker.

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Summary: They Cage The Animals At Night
Review: "I'm sorry I brought you to this place, Doggie." Jennings Burch whisperd to his stuffed dog companion in 1954. Vistit The Home of the Angels, St. Teresa, and meet Jennings' fasinating friends, in They Cage the Animals at Night. As you read this book you'll become amazed with what goes on inside the walls of an orphanage. Jennings wrote this amazing story that I will never forget, please share that with me and pick up a copy of They Cage the Animals at Night.

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Summary: A well-crafted autobiography
Review: Whoa. What a childhood for poor Micheal Jennings Burch, a young boy essentially abandoned by his mother at a New York Home for children at age 8. From that fateful day, Jenning's life turns into one hell of a wild ride.

This book is a wonder. There are very few tales of childhood abuse/neglect I can get through without being depressed. This is one of them. While detailed and smart, 'They Cage the animals at night' is also richly sensitive and, in parts, downright funny. It is seen through the eyes of the author as a child, and, like a child, the innocence and wonder inherent in these pages will entice you to keep reading even when you're cringing at the injustices suffered by this small boy. In Jennings, we discover the proverbial sensitive and lost soul... only, in his case, he truly *is* displaced, as his physical body is shuffled from home to violent foster family to home. To comfort himself he carries with him, like a charm, a brown and white stuffed dog named Doggie.

This book never bored me, and never slowed down. It is one of those rare gems that keeps you hooked until the end, and then leaves you craving more. I found it, dog-eared and smelling of mildew, at a book sale and paid less than fifty cents for it. Best money I ever spent (save for the quarter I spent for 'The Abyss' soundtrack at a thrift shop). I doubt you'll finish this feeling gyped.

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Summary: All Time Favourite!
Review: I read this book in the 8th grade and have never forgotten it! The experiences that Birch shares with the readers are exceptional and deeply moving.

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Summary: THE BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ!
Review: I first read this book when I was about 11 yrs. old! 6yrs. later I recieve the same feeling. I could not imagine how ayoung boy can be put through so much and still survive. If you really think about it there are children put through this child abuse everyday. Luckily it wasn't you! When I began reading this book I could never put it down. Now I have friends in line waiting to read it so they can experience this life touching story. It makes you view life in a different prospective. I recommend this book to EVERYBODY.