WoW is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine, in which we share the titles whose release we are eagerly anticipating.
Scholastic posted its spring preview a few weeks ago and the next few WoWs will feature titles from their list.
Threatened by Eliot Schefer. 288 p. Scholastic Inc., February 25, 2014. 9780545551434.
Publisher synopsis: Into the jungle. Into the wild. Into harm's way.
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.
I really enjoyed the author's earlier, Endangered, which was a National Book Award finalist and am looking forward to this one.
What are you waiting on?
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