Status
Available
Call number
Publication
Viking Juvenile (1974), Edition: 1st, 288 pages
Description
A young boy who has been in the care of a simple tribe of intelligent animals he calls "The People" has to decide between his loyalty to them and his need to be among his own kind.
User reviews
LibraryThing member dragonasbreath
This one is a little slow and hard going for a Norton, but it has more meat and philosophy in it than her usual book as well.
Once the story gets going, it becomes the usual fast, exciting read.
Once the story gets going, it becomes the usual fast, exciting read.
LibraryThing member marysneedle
Andre Norton is one of my favorite Science Fiction Authors. The Iron Cage is one of her books that I had not previously read. It is very well written and speaks to being able to live with our environment and other living things instead of destroying for our own gain. As always I really enjoyed the
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LibraryThing member GlenRH
This didn't get to the action until 50% of the book was under my belt. The beginning had promise of action, then it fell off into developing a background. It confused me jumping from a present day situation to one that is definitely in the future, then it started to make sense as Norton developed a
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theme. Although I lean towards the sentiment of be kind to all of God's creations, I felt like the whole purpose of the story was not necessarily entertainment, but to remind people animals are a lot more like us then we would like to think. I like a book that doesn't make me think about that sort of thing until I am well past reading it; that is why it is only 4 Show Less
Subjects
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1974
Physical description
288 p.; 20 inches
ISBN
067040151X / 9780670401512