Ape House

Description:

When a family of bonobo apes who know American Sign Language are kidnapped from a language laboratory, their mysterious appearance on a reality TV show propels scientist Isabel Duncan, together with reporter John Thigpen, on a personal mission to rescue them. An entertaining book that calls into question our assumptions about these animals who share 99.4% of our DNA.

subjects: Animal rights movement,  Human-animal relationships,  Reality television programs,  Fiction,  Animal rights activists,  Bonobo,  Bonobos,  nyt:trade-fiction-paperback=2011-04-24,  New York Times bestseller,  Fiction, general,  Women scientists, fiction,  Large type books,  American Sign Language,  Human-animal communication,  Animal rights,  Pan paniscus,  Human-animal relationship,  nyt:hardcover-fiction=2010-09-26,  Fictional works