Endangered by Eliot Schrefer

Endangered is a book like no other. It had me from the beginning with great characters and an excellent plot. It has a strong female character. It takes place in the Congo where civil war is raging. Sophie must survive in the Congo with her baby chimpanzee Otto.

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"Sometimes during an act of heroism, it’s the savior who ends up being saved. Such is the case in Eliot Schrefer’s dazzling, big-hearted novel “Endangered,” which has been named a National Book Award finalist in the category of young people’s literature" -New York Times