Boy of the Painted Cave

Boy of the Painted Cave by Justin Denzel, with 158 pages filled with excitement, adventure, and friendship, has many great main characters. Those main characters are Tao, Ram, Graybeard, and the evil leader Volt. A major problem in this great story is that Tao wants to be a cave painter but it is against his clan's rules. With the help of Graybeard and much perseverance he becomes a great cave painter. Ram helps Volt change his thinking about wolf dogs. Although there is another conflict that affects the story as well.

Another major conflict in Boy of the Painted Cave is that Tao is against his clan because he breaks many taboos. Tao goes to the Slough to get food, which he believes is plentiful, but the clan is against it because of the "evil spirits." He also draws in a cave because it makes him feel happy and lively though the clan very much dislikes that. After he enters the Slough he meets a very friendly wolf dog which he names Ram. First of all, owning a wolf dog is against the clan rules and second of all he hunts with Ram which of course is against the clan "law." Tao knows all these things are taboo but he does them anyway.