Rescued (Ape Quartet)

Rescued (Ape Quartet)

<div>Raja has been raised in captivity. Not behind the bars of a zoo, but within the confines of an American home. He was stolen when he was young to be someone's pet. Now he's grown up . . . and is about to be sent away again, to a place from which there will be no return.<BR><BR> John grew up with Raja. The orangutan was his friend, his brother -- never his pet. But when John's parents split up and he moved across the country, he left Raja behind. Now Raja is suffering.<BR><BR> There's one last chance to save Raja -- a chance that will force John to confront his fractured family and the captivity he's imposed on himself all of these years.<BR><BR> Eliot Schrefer's last two novels, <I>Endangered</I> and <I>Threatened</I>, were both finalists for the National Book Award. With <I>Rescued</I>, he brings his remarkable storytelling to the American landscape, giving us a boy who must redefine his own humanity and an orangutan who will need his help in order to return home.</div>