Kidd, Ronald.

Monkey town : the summer of the Scopes trial / Scopes trial Ronald Kidd. - 1st Simon Pulse ed. - New York : Simon Pulse, 2007, c2006. - 250 p. ; 18 cm.

Wilson's Junior High School, August 2006 School Library Journal starred, February 2006 Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2007 Horn Book Starred, October 2006 Kirkus Starred, December 2005 Booklist, December 2005 Horn Book, October 2006 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), February 2006 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), February 2006 Library Media Connection, November 2006

When her father hatches a plan to bring publicity to their small Tennessee town by arresting a local high school teacher for teaching about evolution, the resulting 1925 Scopes trial prompts fifteen-year-old Frances to rethink many of her beliefs about religion and truth, as well as her relationship with her father.

Young Adult Follett Library Resources



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Scopes, John Thomas--Fiction.


Trials (Evolution)--Fiction.
Evolution--Study and teaching--Law and legislation--Fiction.
Father-daughter relationship--Fiction.
Publicity--Fiction.
Historical fiction.


Tennessee--History--Fiction.

PZ7.K5315 / Mon 2007

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