"Alex has survived a war. Now his mind is the enemy"
Shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2011
A touching family story about dealing with a relative with Alzheimer’s disease, set in the wider context of everyone’s memories and the good and bad effects of retrieving them. Alex is frightened that something terrible will happen to his grandfather as he begins to forget more and more.
Desperately he tries to help him to remember. Gathering up old photographs seems like a good idea until Alex stumbles on secrets hidden from long, long ago which affect both Alex and Grandad far more than anyone could have expected.
No child should have to live through a war. No child should have to see what Alex has seen. He's locked it all away in a secret place but, one day, the ticking time bomb in his mind has to detonate. Alex's family want to help, but they have other problems. Only Alex's beloved grandfather can answer his questions about family secrets.
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No child should have to live through a war. No child should have to see what Alex has seen.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Memory Cage and determined it is suitable for children aged 9-10 years old
The Memory Cage features in the following genres: Recommended Children's eBooks, Recommendations, Featured Books for 9+ readers
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The Memory Cage was written by Ruth Eastham and published by Shrine Bell an imprint of Vertebrate Publishing Ltd
The Memory Cage has 240 pages
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