They Cage the Animals at Night

Chapter 15

Where is Jennings?

The Daily's; The zoo

Important Events

• Jennings is at the Daily's house. They fed, bought him new clothes, and washed Doggie.
• Mr. Daily was willing to sacrifice his job in order to keep Jennings. Jennings decides this is a good enough to run away.
• Jennings stays at the zoo.
• Sal comes and finds Jennings. Raises him and Gene.

Chapter 14

Where is Jennings?

Yonkers Shelter

Important Events

• Jennings & Gene are seperated at Child Welfere office.
• Jennings is beat up my Ronnie as the 'toughest kid.' Jennings fights back and earns respect.
• Kevin is a lifer who is new to homes. Jennnings comforts him.
• Jennings accidentally wet the bed. Mrs. Abbott makes him stand on a table naked with the wet sheet over himself. She beats him and humiliated him in front of the other children.
• Jennings runs away. Meets Officer Daily. Officer Daily takes him to the station and arranges for Jennings to stay at his home for a few days.

Chapter 13

Where is Jennings?

Elmhurst Ave, Apartment 5G

Important Events

• Mrs. Burch is in traction. She has a nurse to care for her, but also is pretty reliant on her sons.
• Larry is back home, but fallen into George's habits of drinking.
• Sal comes home. Has a conversation with Jennings about why he did not come for him after mom's accident.
• Jerome is home.
• Jennings is reunited with Stacy. They spend lots of time together before she moves away.
• Mom takes too many pills and is hospitalized again. Jennings is taken to yet another home.

Chapter 12

Where is Jennings?

Brooklyn Shelter

Important Events

Chapter 11

• Jennings is sent to a new home. He is number 51.
• He is reunited with Mark. They get along just as well and decide to become 'brothers.'
• Mark falls ill at dinner one day and is not brought back.
• Jennings tries to run away but is stopped. Later told that Mark died of a heart condition.
• Walter comes and picks Jennings up to go back home.

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Important Events

Chapter 10

Where is Jennings?

• Sal finds Jennings at the zoo and takes him for breakfast and then back home.
• Sal talks to Mrs. Burch and he is able to see Jennings whenever he can.
• Sal spends lots of time with family. They go to parks, beach, etc.
• Sal takes the family (excluding George) to the convelesant home to see Jerome.
• Jennings learns about his drunken father from Jerome (Jerome knows from Mrs. Burch and Walter.) Mr. Burch and George go out drinking together a lot. The father influences George to dislike Mrs. Burch and Sal because he says bad things about them, and George believes him.
• Sal gets a new job driving a truck and will be gone for a few weeks.
• Mrs. Burch falls down the stairs after trying to fix the antenna and suffers injuries to her back and neck

New Apartment

Important Events

• Family moved to a cheaper apartment.
• Sal is transferred to a new route in the Bronx.
• Larry runs away because he feels like he is bossed around to much.
• Jennings gets blamed for Larry running away.
• Jennings runs away to find Sal. Stays at the Bronx Zoo (sleeping in bushes and scavenging for food) for a few days to wait for him.

Chapter 9

Where is Jennings?

The Fraziers

Important Events

• Jennings gets to continue at St. Michaels while staying with the Fraziers. They are extremely rich. They have a son named Donald and a maid named Martha. She takes a particular liking to Jennings.
• George brings doggie and clothes for Jennings.
• Goes fishing with Donald. Jennings catches a striper and Donald catches a sand shark. Donald tricks Jennings into switching catches.
• Sister Gerard gets used clothing from families at school to give to Jennings. The kids pick on him and call him a begger. He is injured and Sal rescues him. Martha makes Mr. Frazier buy him new clothes.
• George picks him up to come home.

Chapter 8

Where is Jennings?

St. Benedict's School; St. Michael's School

Important Events

• Jenning's attends St. B's. Miss Keller is cruel and embarasses him for not knowing different things. Walter comes in and stands up for him.
• Jennings transfers to St. Michaels. Sister Gerard keeps Jennings after school to help him get caught up.
• He must ride a city bus to get to school. He forms a friendship with the driver, Sal.
• He talks to the statue of St. Michael and asks it to be his gaurdian angel.
• Jennings finds a cat. He names it Midnight, but it dies soon after he found it.
• Mom gets pneumonia. Jennings goes to stay with the Frazier family, so he can stay at school.

Chapter 7

Where is Jennings?

Family Apartment on 188th Street; Moves to house on Coolidge Ave in Queens

Important Events

• Jennings returns home. Jerome is also back home from the hospital. They meet and form a friendship very quicky.
• Jennings and Larry are bullied at school for being held back causing Larry to stop going to school.
• George drops out of school to help pay rent so family can move.
• Jerome becomes very ill and is taken away in ambulance.

Chapter 6

Where is Jennings?

St. Teresa's, Yonkers

They Cage the Animals at Night

Important Events

• Befriends Stevie, who is at the home because of an abusive father. Stevie runs away when he hears his father is coming to pick him up.
• Peter spills his cocoa. Jennings knows he is new and takes blame. Sister Barbara beats Jennings for it. Jennings decided to run away
• He is picked up by the police. Sarge feeds him and brings him back to the orphanage. He also speaks with Sister Barbara about her treatment of Jennings.
• Jennings' mother comes back to pick him up and take him home.

Chapter 5

Where is Jennings?

With family; Apartment 267 on 188th Street

Important Events

• Jennings returns home. Family is not fuctioning well. Stays through Christmas
• Returns to school and notified he would be held back due to absences
• Mom gets sick again. Jennings is taken to St. Teresa's orphanage.

Chapter 4

Where is Jennings?

Home of the Angels

Important Events

• Jennings returns to HOA, gets sick due to Jello powder. Sister Frances will not allow children to go to Carpenters ever again.
• Stacy goes home. Jennings understands 'no friends' rule
• Sister Claire says goodbye and leaves Doggie with Jennings.
• Mom comes to get Jennings. Mark is extremely upset.

Chapter 3

Where is Jennings?

The Carpenter's House

Important Events

• Arrives and is told to sit at table.
• Doesn't feed him unless it is grey mush.
• Jennings draws at table
• Breaks bowl of grey mush and is beat by Mrs. C.
• Mr. C realizes and threatens to send back.
• Ate Jello Powder and tried to escape. Broke window.
• Mrs. C beats him and Mr. C stopped her and is taking him back.

Jenning's Journey

Chapter 2

Where is Jennings?

Home of the Angels

Important Events

• Met Stacy. She kissed him
• Bounced of fence.
• Got to ride the bike.
• Butch teased Mark. Jennings defended him. Butch and Jennings fight. Then they became friends.
• Lent out as foster kid to the Carpenters. Doggie must stay at HOA.

Chapter 1

Key events

Problem

Mom has dropped him off at an orphanage.

• Jennings is dropped off at Home of the Angels. Mom said she would be right back, but she wasn't. He is given #27.
• He is bullied by Butch.
• He meets a friend named Mark, who teaches him about life in homes.
• The children are given stuffed animals that are taken away and 'caged' while they sleep.
• Sister Francis is mean.
• Jennings shares with Mark. about his brothers.

Goal

Jennings wants to go home to his family.

Main Character

Jennings Michael Burch, 8 1/2 year old boy

Setting

New York City

The Home of Angels

Late 1940s