
Do You Know the Monkey Man?
Dori Hillestad Butler
(Author)21,000+ Reviews
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Description
When Samantha was three, her twin sister died, her parents divorced, and her father left. Sam's life has never been the same.
Now that she's thirteen, Sam can't stop wondering about her past. Why hasn't her father tried to contact her all these years? How could he have allowed Sarah to drown? And how can her mother expect her to accept some man she hardly knows as her new father? Samantha already has a father out there. Somewhere.
A fateful decision sets into motion a chain of events and confrontations that will change Samantha's and her family's lives forever. As she sets out to find her father and discover what really happened the day her sister drowned, she uncovers painful secrets that threaten to destroy her family all over again.
Dori Hillestad Butler's sensitive story draws readers into a suspenseful mystery about a flawed but loving family trying to heal.
Now that she's thirteen, Sam can't stop wondering about her past. Why hasn't her father tried to contact her all these years? How could he have allowed Sarah to drown? And how can her mother expect her to accept some man she hardly knows as her new father? Samantha already has a father out there. Somewhere.
A fateful decision sets into motion a chain of events and confrontations that will change Samantha's and her family's lives forever. As she sets out to find her father and discover what really happened the day her sister drowned, she uncovers painful secrets that threaten to destroy her family all over again.
Dori Hillestad Butler's sensitive story draws readers into a suspenseful mystery about a flawed but loving family trying to heal.
Product Details
Publisher | Peachtree |
Publish Date | March 22, 2005 |
Pages | 224 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9781561453405 |
Dimensions | 8.8 X 6.3 X 0.8 inches | 1.0 pounds |
About the Author
Dori Hillestad Butler has published magazine stories, educational materials, plays, book reviews, characters for a board game, and over sixty children's books. A two-time Geisel Honor Book winner for King & Kayla and the Case of the Missing Dog Treats and King & Kayla and the Case of the Lost Tooth, she has also been nominated for children's choice awards in nineteen different states and won the 2011 Edgar Award for the best juvenile mystery for Buddy Files: Case of the Lost Boy. She lives in Washington.
Reviews
"Middle-graders looking for a simple mystery will be pleased, and the story may inspire them to think about the concepts of identity and family that are threaded through the story."—Booklist
"Butler has a simplicity of narrative voice that makes the story easy to read while reflecting the often complex emotions of children."—School Library Journal
"Butler has a simplicity of narrative voice that makes the story easy to read while reflecting the often complex emotions of children."—School Library Journal
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