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Initial Reac tion of Book in One Word: WANT.

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. There, Luc finally finds a new family - and must act when that family comes under attack.Īs 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. Together, Luc and Prof head into the rough, dangerous jungle in order to study the elusive chimpanzees. When Luc tries to rob him, the man isn't mad. Then a man calling himself Prof comes to town with a mysterious mission. He lives in a house of mistreated orphans, barely getting by. 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.