Angel 25
The story Boy of the Painted cave, by Justin Denzel, is a 158 paged book about a boy in the early man times who wants to paint, but is not a chosen one. The main characters are Tao, Volt, Graybeard and Ram. Tao, always drawing and hoping, wants to paint caves but can’t due to the clan leader, Volt and the taboos. Soon he is caught, but then he proves himself and starts following Graybeard’s (chosen one who dies due to age and sickness) foot steps.

The major conflict in the story is that Tao disobeys the clan rules. He paints in cave walls/floors. He hunts with a wolf (Ram). He even hunts in the forbidden place called Slough. These were the major taboos in the clan that he disobeys. If he didn’t defeat Saxon (a bull that people fight if they do a taboo) he would’ve be severely punished with death.