Amazing book! Very emotional, and very heart-breaking, but very heart-warming. I loved Mango's character. She was so protective when (spoiler alert!) the National Geographic photographer came. I was so sad when Luc saw the leopard the last time. Anyway, here is the summary. Luc's mother died of a disease, and his father left and never came back. He starting living with Monsieur Tatagani, who was cruel to all the boys living with him. When a rich-looking man comes to the place Luc works at, Luc tries to rob him. Instead of turning him into the police, the professor offers him a job. Luc accepts it, and they set off into the jungle, looking for chimpanzees. Prof claims that Nat Geo. will come later on in the study. They see two groups of chimpanzees- one group consists of an extremely young female named Mango, an old one named Beggar, and a relatively young chimp named Drummer. The other group is a strong, big pack. Luc becomes very close with Mango, which angers Drummer. Drummer attacks Luc many times, but eventually they become close. Something terrible happens to Prof, and Luc is on his own. Drummer and Mango eventually get accepted into the bigger pack. Luc makes his own house, and realizes that he does have a family. WARNING: BE PREPARED TO CRY AND BE EXTREMELY TERRIFIED FOR THE INCREDIBLY SWEET CHARACTERS. Amazing book. Definitely better then Endangered, which is saying a lot.
Threatened
By Eliot Schrefer
| Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grades 9 - 12 | Grades 4 - 8 | n/a | 6.1 | 83933 |
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.
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.
Publisher: Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN-13: 9780545835640
ISBN-10: 054583564X
Published on 8/25/2015
Binding: Paperback
Number of pages: 288