Threatened

Eliot Schrefer

Feb 2014 · Sold by Scholastic Inc.

About this ebook

*A 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST*

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.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.

Ratings and reviews

This book was good. I would like to have seen more of the development in a struggle where the protagonist identifies as a chimp or a human. There was one passage I noted but there should have been a little more internal conflict between wants and yearning. He yearned for a family and he got it but what did he want initially WANT an how did this EVOLVE? Also, use specific plants and animals around him to describe with nouns. There are so many species. Color this canvas more.

Even though I haven't read the book yet I still think It might be a really good book because the author of this book write fantastic books and he also wrote the book called Endanger that was a very good book so I also think that this book will be really good too.

Best book ever but if you have a good imagination I would recommend being 9 or older to be able to reed this book.

About the author

Eliot Schrefer's Endangered and Threatened were named as finalists for the National Book Award. He is also the author of Rescued, The Deadly Sister, The School for Dangerous Girls, Glamorous Disasters, and The New Kid. He lives in New York City. Visit him online at eliotschrefer.com.