{"product_id":"ape-star-the","title":"Ape Star, The","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn this awardwinning chapter book about prejudice and justice, an orphan girl is adopted by a gorilla who lives in a junkyard and a surprising friendship grows between them.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eJonna lives in an orphanage whose manager is strict and obsessed with cleanliness. Like all the other children, Jonna has only one dream: to be adopted by a well-dressed mother who smells of perfume. But one day, a beat-up old car pulls up. The door opens and out step two thick hairy legs with muddy boots, followed by a belly as round as a barrel, and finally, a head like an overgrown pear. It’s a gorilla!\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSurely the orphanage won’t let a gorilla adopt a child. But, to Jonna’s horror, the gorilla chooses her…\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJonna sleeps in a hammock, and in the evenings the gorilla reads Dickens in her worn armchair. It turns out Jonna and the gorilla have a lot in common. But just when they’ve started to get along, a man from the council threatens to send Jonna back to the orphanage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ape Star\u003c\/em\u003e is a heartwarming and unconventional chapter book about love, adoption, friendship, and seeing from different perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gecko Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40700072034338,"sku":"9781776574223","price":5.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0052\/0785\/1042\/products\/Copy-of-Book-Template-400.jpg?v=1660784039","url":"https:\/\/petronella.pro\/products\/ape-star-the","provider":"Petronella's Gallery and Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}