This book went by in a flash. I was surprised to read a young adult story from John Sandford as it's not his genre, but he made it his. The characters last weeks after the book is put down. Read the next in the series, "Outrage". ( )

Slow start, but second half was good. ( )

Slow start, but second half was good. ( )

good story, not just for YA ( )

good story, not just for YA ( )

This was an amazingly weird book. It read like a conspiracy thriller, with a little bit of sci-fi. This is the first of a series of books that follows Shay Remby, a runaway that is in the search of her older brother, Odin. He was a part of a group of animal rights activists that broke into a lab run by the corporation known as Singular. Singular has a dark secret and they do whatever it takes to keep it that way. This book has plenty of action and suspense, as well as some pretty great characters that anyone can relate to. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good suspense novel. ( )

Uncaged is a nonstop thrill ride from beginning to end! Shay is a determined teen who will do anything to rescue her brother, Odin,and expose the wrongdoings of Singular, the corporation that kidnapped Odin and deals in unethical human experimentation. I was hooked right from the start. This is a great book, high adventure, like-able characters, and lots of action. Will Shay rescue her brother and bring down Singular? Read this book to find out! ( )

This is about what you'd expect for a thriller - lots of tension, evil people/corporation, good guys with a past. Its well crafted and the characters are interesting. If you like thrillers, you'll probably like this book and you will be glad to know there's more to come. If the subtitle isn't a big enough hint, the ending will cinch it for you.

Thanks to Knopf to sending me an advance copy. I've read very few of Sandford's books and so it was good to expand my author list. ( )

Shea worries when her brother Odin goes missing because she knows that his social skills are severely lacking. She decides to head to L.A. to find him, and when she does, she is dragged into quite the adventure. Odin has broken into an research lab that experiments on animals, and while escaping, manages to acquire a bionic dog. Shea ends up getting some help from a fellow named Twist, and together they go up against the ruthless Singular Corp.
I've been waiting quite a while for book two to come out, and I'm almost out of patience. ( )

Techno-crime and a good story make this an excellent start for a new series. The premise of crimes extends logically from today's world to a possible future world scenario. Likable, young protagonists and really bad, with one notable exception, villains make most of the conflicts end in violence. Looking forward to the next episode. ( )

Foster siblings Odin and Shay are on the run after Odin breaks into a lab that experiments on animals and steal an experimental dog. The diversity of characters and experiences is great. ( )

John Sandford has followed the recent trend among authors with wide adult appeal and entered the young adult market. He's done so with a smash. From the prologue and the opening pages, readers are taken on one heck of a ride beginning when Odin, one of two foster siblings, helps an animal rights group break into an Oregon research laboratory to free test critters and expose what they believe to be cruel and unethical experiments. They get more than they bargain for and find themselves on the run and in possession of encrypted thumb drives with damning evidence of the true nature of the experiments. Meanwhile, his sister Shea is really worried about him because his social skills are nowhere near his hacking abilities. When Odin vanishes, she heads to L.A. to find and possibly rescue him.
After realizing that the streets are a lot more dangerous than she thought, Shea meets up with an odd artist named Twist. Her climbing skills are exactly what he needs and it isn't long before they're working together to find Odin and expose Singular Corp., the animal research lab, as an utterly evil entity. It's not going to be easy because Singular is ruthless, in cahoots with law enforcement and certain government officials and employs some very dangerous ex-military people to find Odin, Shea and Twist.
The book is one long and wild ride, starting with a post-midnight graffiti exercise on top of a tall building in downtown L.A. to some scary chase scenes, thugs being surprised by the tenacity of street kids when threatened, a bionic dog and another break-in at a research lab that's more like a terrorist torture prison. Shea finds herself with real friends for the first time, but also has to figure out who she can trust among the alleged bad guys if she's going to spring her brother. There's a ton of violence and some profanity, but these shouldn't be deal breakers for libraries considering adding this book. It ends with readers set up for what should be a dandy sequel. The reviews on Amazon are all over the place, but if you read many of the negative ones, I suspect you'll agree with my assessment that they were posted by readers who are unfamiliar with the young adult genre and the trend of duologies and trilogies in that genre. ( )

This is the first book in this young, adult series. This book is a nice start to this series. I would have rated this book better if the plot/storyline had not jumped around as much. It was like the two authors had all these ideas in their head and they could not decide what to edit so they added them all to the story. For example there was the whole animal science experiment that Singular Corp was doing, the teen homelessness (which I did not see where this really had anything to do with the story line, ok so some of the teens who help Shay are homeless not a big deal), immigration activism rights, etc. If there had been just the one topic at hand, then it would have been better. Also, it did read like a first book. It seemed like it needed to be fleshed out a little more. However the book did end on a high note. A nice lead into the next one. Which I will probably check out the next book. ( )