The last thing a fourteen year old boy expects to find along an old Ozark river bottom is a tree full of monkeys Jay Berry Lee s grandpa had an explanation, of course as he did for most things The monkeys had escaped from a traveling circus, and there was a handsome reward in store for anyone who could catch them Grandpa said there wasn t any animal that couldn t be caThe last thing a fourteen year old boy expects to find along an old Ozark river bottom is a tree full of monkeys Jay Berry Lee s grandpa had an explanation, of course as he did for most things The monkeys had escaped from a traveling circus, and there was a handsome reward in store for anyone who could catch them Grandpa said there wasn t any animal that couldn t be caught somehow, and Jay Berry started out believing him .But by the end of the summer of the monkeys, Jay Berry Lee had learned a lot than he ever bargained for and not just about monkeys He learned about faith, and wishes coming true, and knowing what it is you really want He even learned a little about growing up .This novel, set in rural Oklahoma around the turn of the century, is a heart warming family story full of rich detail and delightful characters about a time and place when miracles were really the simplest of things
Summer of the Monkeys By Wilson Rawls The last thing a fourteen year old boy expects to find along an old Ozark river bottom is a tree full of monkeys Jay Berry Lee s grandpa had an explanation, of course as he did for most things The monkeys had escaped from a traveling circus, and there was a handsome reward in store for anyone who could catch them Grandpa said there wasn t any animal that couldn t be caThe last thing a fourteen year old boy expects to find along an old Ozark river bottom is a tree full of monkeys Jay Berry Lee s grandpa had an explanation, of course as he did for most things The monkeys had escaped from a traveling circus, and there was a handsome reward in store for anyone who could catch them Grandpa said there wasn t any animal that couldn t be caught somehow, and Jay Berry started out believing him .But by the end of the summer of the monkeys, Jay Berry Lee had learned a lot than he ever bargained for and not just about monkeys He learned about faith, and wishes coming true, and knowing what it is you really want He even learned a little about growing up .This novel, set in rural Oklahoma around the turn of the century, is a heart warming family story full of rich detail and delightful characters about a time and place when miracles were really the simplest of things
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