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Summer of the Monkeys - Wilson Rawls

Summer of the Monkeys

By Wilson Rawls

  • Release Date: 1977-09-15
  • Genre: Animal Fiction for Kids
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 209 Ratings

Description

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

Reviews

  • Great book

    5
    By Blucookiewolf
    This book is great! All i have to say!
  • Really bad

    1
    By nette 1
    Worst book I ever read. It was a requirement for my school. I don't know why they would choose this book
  • Perfect!!!

    5
    By K.d.fisher
    Great book! I read it over and over again.
  • The best book

    5
    By AlexFord2005
    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.
  • Awesome book! Gets you into it, it kept you thinking. Very very good book!

    5
    By ASH_5594329
    Read it.
  • Poop

    1
    By Cbrush
    This book was awful and I was forced to read it for school, and now I am scared. If you want a good book go buy the hunger games
  • Awesome!!!!

    5
    By NinnaHt
    I absolutely loved this book!!!! Our teacher would read it to us when I was in elementary and I enjoyed it... Now that I'm older I picked it up again and I still enjoyed it. It is very comical in a few scenes and it captures your imagination! I would recommend this book to anyone!!
  • Loved this book as a boy and now as a father.

    5
    By Q's Dad
    Great heartwarming book of the exciting summer experience of a boy in the early history of the American Ozarks. My mother read this to me as a boy while taking a road trip. I felt like I shared Jay Berry's adventures. I cried then at the conclusion of the book, as I do now reading it to my sons.
  • Classic

    5
    By Mcklonian
    This book is a wonderful classic of adventure and excitement for kids of all ages.
  • Pretty good

    4
    By iPadAddict101
    I am reading this book for school and in the first 2 chapters hated it but now love it over half way done and it is really good. I recommend it to people who like more old fashion farm type books if you like this category then this is a good book for you. For 4th, 5th, and 6th graders.
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