Ape Quartet: Endangered (Series #1) (CD-Audio)

from Naura.Milano

First in a series about the great apes, this book was a National Book finalist. A young American, half Congolese, returns to her mother's country and is trapped by the start of the civil war. Her mother runs a rescue center for the bonobo, a matriarchal great ape. When society breaks down, the re...

from ken1952

A stellar review for this wonderful novel! Bonobo Otto bonds with 14 year old Sophie in the Congo and a incredible adventure begins for both of them. This book was nominated for the 2012 National Book Award. Well deserved, that's for sure. The story is a moving experience for both teen and adult ...

from ChristianR

This was an important and well told story. Sophie is a teen who lives with her father in the U.S. during the school year but visits her mother from the Democratic Republic of Congo in the summer. Her mother runs a bonobo sanctuary that rescues orphaned bonobo babies with the goal of reintroducing...

from LibraryCin

14-year old Sophie is half Congolese and half American. She mostly lives in Miami with her father, but comes back to the Democratic Republic of Congo to live with her mother in the summers. Sophie's mom runs a bonobo sanctuary. On the way to the sanctuary, Sophie insists on buying a baby bonobo f...

from ltcl

It is easy to see how this book was named one of this year's National Book Award finalists. Sophie is a teenager who splits her time between her home in the states and her mother's bonobo sanctuary in the Congo. On her way to the sanctuary Sophie is approached by a man selling a young bonobo and ...