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Summary: Hilarious!
Review: Summer of the Monkeys tells the story of 14-year-old boy, Jay Berry Lee, and his quest to recapture 1 chimpanzee and 28 monkeys lost from a circus train. Along the way, Jay Berry learns some valuable and humorous lessons about the intelligence of animals vs man and what he REALLY wants. How good IS this book? It was recommended to me by a friend who said she read it first as a teenager. Her laughter while whe was reading drew her parents' attention. Next thing she knew her parents were finding 'chores' for her to do so they could sneak the book and read it!
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Summary: NOWHERE NEAR WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS
Review: Though this is a coming of age story, it is nowhere near the book that WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS was. Jay Berry Lee resides in Oklahoma circa 1900 when he hears a circus train has crashed, losing 29 monkeys. 28 of the monkeys have a $2 bounty on their heads and one chimp has $100 on his.Jay Berry dreams of catching the monkeys and buying a pony and a gun. Meanwhile, his sister has a crippled leg and his family cannot afford the medical care to fix it. Hmmm, I wonder how this story is going to turn out? Though entertaining and fanciful, the story looses some credibility when the monkeys get the boy drunk on moonshine. No, really. I wouldn't make that up. Everyone lives happily ever after. There is nothing to offend anyone in this book. Not even PETA. The monkeys are ethically treated throughout the novel.
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Summary: Summer of the monkeys
Review: Though this is a coming of age story, it is nowhere near the book that WHERE THE RED FERN GROWS was. Jay Berry Lee resides in Oklahoma circa 1900 when he hears a circus train has crashed, losing 29 monkeys. 28 of the monkeys have a $2 bounty on their heads and one chimp has $100 on his. Jay Berry dreams of catching the monkeys and buying a pony and a gun. Meanwhile, his sister has a crippled leg and his family cannot afford the medical care to fix it. Hmmm, I wonder how this story is going to turn out? Though entertaining and fanciful, the story looses some credibility when the monkeys get the boy drunk on moonshine. No, really. I wouldn't make that up. Everyone lives happily ever after. There is nothing to offend anyone in this book. Not even PETA. The monkeys are ethically treated throughout the novel.
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