With Rescued, he brings his remarkable storytelling to the American landscape, giving us a boy who must redefine his own humanity and an orangutan who will need his help in order to return home. There’s one last chance to save Raja - a chance that will force John to confront his fractured family and the captivity he’s imposed on himself all of these years.Įliot Schrefer’s last two novels, Endangered and Threatened, were both finalists for the National Book Award. When he was a boy, Luc's mother would warn him about the 'mock men' living in the trees by their home - chimpanzees whose cries would fill the night. But when John’s parents split up and he moved across the country, he left Raja behind. The author of Endangered (2012) introduces another primate species, offering a poignant demonstration of. Book Summary The story of a boy fleeing his present, a man fleeing his past, and a trio of chimpanzees who are struggling not to flee at all. The orangutan was his friend, his brother - never his pet. From National Book Award Finalist Eliot Schrefer comes the compelling tale of a girl who must save a group of bonobos - and herself - from a violent coup. ach summer, 14-year-old Sophie visits her mother who has a bonobo. and is about to be sent away again, to a place from which there will be no return. He was stolen when he was young to be someone’s pet. Not behind the bars of a zoo, but within the confines of an American home. Sara Gruen, The New York Times Book Review

enthralling, fast-paced, adventurous and deeply touching.' 'Schrefer, a well-deserving two-time National Book Award finalist, approaches the conundrums and difficulties of our relationship with apes with sensitivity and finesse.

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