Running From Secrets

Natasha Friedman

Uncaged by Michele Cook and John Sanford

    A quiet highschooler named Odin is on the run from the mistakes and secrets he has created. Odin and his sister Shay live in the same foster family and have been through everything together. One day Odin gets involved with the wrong group of people who convince him to trespass and destroy a research lab in order to create justice and set free the animals that were being tortured for the research. This raid results in monkeys with half a brain running free, people getting shot, teenage runaways, and mysterious investigators. Odin is on the run to Los Angeles, California, with the group that he got involved with. Shay runs away from her foster family and is on a mission to find Odin and rescue him from the mistakes he is drowning himself in. During her journey Shay meets many people and faces a handful of dangerous adventures.
    Each chapter of the book is action packed and exciting, but a lot of the characters are very similar. Rarely were any parts of the book slow, most times it was a quick read. The language used in the book was easy to comprehend and there were n o complex sentences. I feel like there were some times when the author could have used a better selection of words for the vocabulary they used to describe scenes because it would have drawn the reader in more. There was always a feeling of suspense and excitement. I recommend this book to people who want a quick read that is suspenseful and full of action with lots of mysterious characters.
    I would rate this book a 4/5.