Monkey town
Subtitle: the summer of the Scopes trial
By: Ronald Kidd
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9781416905721
Subjects: Evolution; Trials, litigation; Publicity; Juvenile fiction; Law and legislation; Fiction; Fathers and daughters; Study and teaching; History
Description: When her father hatches a plan to bring publicity to their small Tennessee town by arresting a local high school teacher for teaching about evolution, the resulting 1925 Scopes trial prompts fifteen-year-old Frances to rethink many of her beliefs about religion and truth, as well as her relationship with her father.