num_pages: 272
description: In a story rife with first love and the pain of growing up, master storyteller Ronald Kidd reincarnates the most enduring trial of the twentieth century. School is out in the summer of 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee. For Frances Robinson, a fifteen-year-old daydreamer with a crush on her teacher, John T. Scopes, summer vacation promises tennis, and Coca-Colas from her father's drug store. But when Frances's father, the school board chairman, has Scopes arrested for teaching evolution, the sleepiest place on earth becomes a hotbed for famous thinkers, including H. L. Mencken, Clarence Darrow, and William Jennings Bryan. Overnight the world is flocking to Dayton to Are people really descended from monkeys? Does the theory of evolution have a place in biology class? As Frances sees the man she loves crumbling beside her, she begins to question her town, her neighbors, and the father she has always trusted. Readers will devour this colorful yet tender story -- reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird -- told from the perspective of a young girl as she evolves into a woman.
language: English
title: Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial
titlecomplete: Monkey Town: The Summer of the Scopes Trial
genres: Historical, Adult, Religion, Teen, Young Adult, Read For School, Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Evolution
ratings_count: 351
places: Dayton, Tennessee
awards: awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: South Carolina Book Award
category: Young Adult Book Award
publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers