Yes, I Know the Monkey Man - Softcover

Butler, Dori Hillestad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1682630609 ISBN 13: 9781682630600

Publisher: Peachtree, 2018

Synopsis

What happens when everything you thought was true about your life turns out to be a lie?
Thirteen-year-old T. J. always believed that her twin sister and her mother were dead―because that’s what her father had told her. But Mom and Sam are very much alive. And now they want T. J. to be part of their family.
When T. J. reluctantly visits her mom and Sam for the first time, she is stunned by how similar she is to her twin sister, even though their lives have been very different. But while she is drawn to her new family, she is also wary of becoming attached to them and hurting her father’s feelings. Then when her father suffers a debilitating accident and tries to ensnare T. J. in another web of lies, her loyalties are finally tested.
In this thought-provoking companion to Do You Know the Monkey Man?, Dori Hillestad Butler creates a complex portrait of a family in crisis. Her skillful portrayal of T. J., a conflicted adolescent struggling with her identity, will resonate with readers.

About this title

About the Author

Dori Hillestad Butler is the author of over fifty works of fiction and nonfiction for young readers. She has also published stories for children in magazines such as Highlights for Children, Cricket, Spider, Children’s Digest, and Child Life. Butler is the children’s book review columnist for the Cedar Rapids Gazette. She lives in Iowa.

Review

“A good candidate for reluctant readers... They’ll find it highly readable”

About this edition

• Publisher: Peachtree
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1682630609
• ISBN 13: 9781682630600
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224