num_pages: 288
description: From the author of the beloved classic Where the Red Fern Grows comes a timeless adventure about a boy who discovers a tree full of monkeys.   The last thing fourteen-year-old Jay Berry Lee expects to find while trekking through the Ozark Mountains of Oklahoma is a tree full of monkeys. But then Jay learns from his grandpa that the monkeys have escaped from a traveling circus, and there’s a big reward for the person who finds and returns them.   His family could really use the money, so Jay sets off, determined to catch them. But by the end of the summer, Jay will have learned a lot more than he bargained for—and not just about monkeys.   From the beloved author of Where the Red Fern Grows comes another memorable adventure novel filled with heart, humor, and excitement.
language: English
title: Summer of the Monkeys
titlecomplete: Summer of the Monkeys
genres: Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical, Animals, Childrens, Young Adult, Classics, Adventure, Fiction
ratings_count: 14285
places: Oklahoma
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Intermediate, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: William Allen White Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Oklahoma Sequoyah Award
publisher: Yearling