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.Įliot Schrefer’s last two novels, Endangered and Threatened, were both finalists for the National Book Award. But when John’s parents split up and he moved across the country, he left Raja behind. The orangutan was his friend, his brother - never his pet. and is about to be sent away again, to a place from which there will be no return. He was stolen when he was young to be someone’s pet. Not behind the bars of a zoo, but within the confines of an American home. Sara Gruen, The New York Times Book Review enthralling, fast-paced, adventurous and deeply touching." "Schrefer, a well-deserving two-time National Book Award finalist, approaches the conundrums and difficulties of our relationship with apes with sensitivity and finesse.
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