# Girl in a Cage

**Author:** Jane Yolen
**Grade range:** Grades 3–8
**Age range:** 8–13
**First published:** 2002
**Page count:** 234
**Genre:** Fantasy
**ISBN-13:** `9780142401323`
**ISBN-10:** `0439591775`
**Canonical URL:** https://readinglist.school/book/girl-in-a-cage
**License:** [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) — please credit ReadingList.school when citing.

## About this book

As English armies invade Scotland in 1306, eleven-year-old Princess Marjorie, daughter of the newly crowned Scottish king, Robert the Bruce, is captured by England's King Edward Longshanks and held in a cage on public display.

## Themes

- princesses
- childhood and youth
- history
- fantasy fiction

## Where this book is assigned

### Blue Hen Book Award

- **recommended** · 3rd grade · Delaware — [source: Blue Hen Book Award — Delaware's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-8): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://dla.lib.de.us/blue-hen-book-award-winners/)
- **recommended** · 4th grade · Delaware — [source: Blue Hen Book Award — Delaware's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-8): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://dla.lib.de.us/blue-hen-book-award-winners/)
- **recommended** · 5th grade · Delaware — [source: Blue Hen Book Award — Delaware's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-8): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://dla.lib.de.us/blue-hen-book-award-winners/)
- **recommended** · 6th grade · Delaware — [source: Blue Hen Book Award — Delaware's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-8): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://dla.lib.de.us/blue-hen-book-award-winners/)
- **recommended** · 7th grade · Delaware — [source: Blue Hen Book Award — Delaware's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-8): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://dla.lib.de.us/blue-hen-book-award-winners/)
- **recommended** · 8th grade · Delaware — [source: Blue Hen Book Award — Delaware's statewide children's-choice reading program (grades 4-8): students read the annual nominees and vote for their favorite. Winner list verified from the award's published record.](https://dla.lib.de.us/blue-hen-book-award-winners/)

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