Title: Ape House
Description: When a family of bonobo apes who know American Sign Language are kidnapped from a language laboratory, their mysterious appearance on a reality TV show propels scientist Isabel Duncan, together with reporter John Thigpen, on a personal mission to rescue them. An entertaining book that calls into question our assumptions about these animals who share 99.4% of our DNA.
Subjects: Animal rights movement, Human-animal relationships, Reality television programs, Fiction, Animal rights activists, Bonobo, Bonobos, nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2011-04-24, New York Times bestseller, Fiction, general, Women scientists, fiction, Large type books, American Sign Language, Human-animal communication, Animal rights, Pan paniscus, Human-animal relationship, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2010-09-26, Fictional works