{"product_id":"threatened","title":"Threatened","description":"*A 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST*\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen he was a boy, Luc's mother would warn him about the \"mock men\" living in the trees by their home -- chimpanzees whose cries would fill the night.Luc is older now, his mother gone. He lives in a house of mistreated orphans, barely getting by. Then a man calling himself Prof comes to town with a mysterious mission. When Luc tries to rob him, the man isn't mad. Instead, he offers Luc a job.Together, Luc and Prof head into the rough, dangerous jungle in order to study the elusive chimpanzees. There, Luc finally finds a new family -- and must act when that family comes under attack.As he did in his acclaimed novel \u003ci\u003eEndangered\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award, Eliot Schrefer takes us somewhere fiction rarely goes, introducing us to characters we rarely get to meet. The unforgettable result is the story of a boy fleeing his present, a man fleeing his past, and a trio of chimpanzees who are struggling not to flee at all.","brand":"Scholastic Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52345980485848,"sku":"9780545835640","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0369\/4552\/files\/imageloader_32f49399-74ba-405e-a52d-436d216a101d.jpg?v=1788296963","url":"https:\/\/bigredbooks.shop\/products\/threatened","provider":"Big Red Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}