My Review of I Am The Cage by Allison Sweet Grant

Title: I Am The Cage

Author: Allison Sweet Grant

Published: February 18,2025

Publisher: Penguin Group for Young Readers/Dutton Books

Genre: Young Adult, Fiction; Disability; Mental Health; Contemporary

Pages: 304 pages

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Review:

This is a story you will have to process. Containing many aspects of the ugly part of being human and the raw emotions that someone who has chronic medical issues deal with on a daily basis. 

Elizabeth hides in a cabin away from everyone and anything that would bring up her past. She wants to get away and start over, dealing with many traumas from her past. She doesn’t open up, and she hates showing or feeling any vulnerability to anyone. However, when a massive snow storm occurs, and the power is out, she reluctantly goes to her neighbor, the young new sheriff. After spending time with him and talking some things out with him, she is slowly realizing that she can no longer hide or run from her traumatic past, and to move past it she is going to have to come to terms with what happened and find her voice to speak about it. 

This story is powerful and moving, and shows a rawness that isn't pretty and people do not want to see or don’t realize that it happens and it's how people feel. The author wrote this beautifully, it was moving. The story with the struggles puts childhood trauma into words and shows how it can affect people and their thought process even into adulthood! This is definitely worth the read! Thank you Netgalley and Penguin Group for the opportunity to read and review this one! It was an empowering journey!

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