Threatened

Part of the Ape Quartet series

A boy and a mysterious man venture into the jungle, facing danger and finding family among elusive chimpanzees.

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288 pages

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Luc, an orphan struggling to survive, encounters Prof, a man on a secretive mission. When Luc attempts to rob him, Prof offers him a job instead. Together, they journey into the perilous jungle to study chimpanzees. As Luc bonds with these creatures, he discovers a new sense of belonging. But when this newfound family is threatened, Luc must confront his fears and protect them. Will he find the courage to stand up for those he loves, or will the jungle's dangers prove too great?

From the publisher

A 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTWhen 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.Luc is older now, his mother gone. He lives in a house of mistreated orphans, barely getting by. Then a man calling himself Prof comes to town with a mysterious mission. When Luc tries to rob him, the man isn’t mad. Instead, he offers Luc a job.Together, Luc and Prof head into the rough, dangerous jungle in order to study the elusive chimpanzees. There, Luc finally finds a new family – and must act when that family comes under attack.As he did in his acclaimed novel Endangered, a finalist for the National Book Award, Eliot Schrefer takes us somewhere fiction rarely goes, introducing us to characters we rarely get to meet. The unforgettable result is 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.

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