Threatened

A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTWhen he was a boy Lucs mother would warn him about the xmock menx living in the trees by their home -- chimpanzees whose cries would fill the nightLuc 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 isnt mad Instead he offers Luc a jobTogether 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 attackAs 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.