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Summer of the Monkeys
From the author of the beloved classic Where the Red Fern Grows comes a timeless adventure about a boy who discovers a tree full of monkeys.
The last thing fourteen-year-old Jay Berry Lee expects to find while trekking through the Ozark Mountains of Oklahoma is a tree full of monkeys. But then Jay learns from his grandpa that the monkeys have escaped from a traveling circus, and there’s a big reward for the person who finds and returns them.
His family could really use the money, so Jay sets off, determined to catch them. But by the end of the summer, Jay will have learned a lot more than he bargained for—and not just about monkeys.
From the beloved author of Where the Red Fern Grows comes another memorable adventure novel filled with heart, humor, and excitement.
Honors and Praise for Wilson Rawls’ Where the Red Fern Grows:
A School Library Journal Top 100 Children’s Novel
An NPR Must-Read for Kids Ages 9 to 14
Winner of 4 State Awards
Over 7 million copies in print!
“A rewarding book . . . [with] careful, precise observation, all of it rightly phrased.” —The New York Times Book Review
“One of the great classics of children’s literature . . . Any child who doesn’t get to read this beloved and powerfully emotional book has missed out on an important piece of childhood for the last 40-plus years.” —Common Sense Media
“An exciting tale of love and adventure you’ll never forget.” —School Library Journal
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Reviews
I have to read it for school and it’s literally awful and is super boring, if you have to read it over the summer don’t and just say you weren’t sure if you were coming back this year 💀 also this book is made for 4th through 6th graders.... I’m in 8th. and the Cherokee were forced by the us military to march from the Appalachian homelands to Oklahoma on “The Trail of Tears” where thousands of them died from starvation and other things soooo they wouldn’t have traded land with a us farmer. It’s so historically inaccurate 😑
By maree vdh
This book is great! All i have to say!
By Blucookiewolf
Worst book I ever read. It was a requirement for my school. I don't know why they would choose this book
By nette 1
Great book! I read it over and over again.
By K.d.fisher
This is the best sad book of all the books I've read this is about a 14 year old that's wants a pony and a .22 and his sister with a crippled leg but at the end will it be fixed or not u will find out when u read this amazing advuntures sad book. PS bring a tissue.
By AlexFord2005