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Bezig met laden... Ortegadoor Maureen Fergus
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Ortega, a gorilla taken from his mother when he was quite young, has had operations so that he can speak. He has been trained by scientists to read, write, and speak. Other than his appearance, he acts quite human like. When the book begins, Ortega is about to enter school and join a class of 11 year olds. There are many people, children and adults who are less than thrilled with the idea of a gorilla in the classroom, but the scientists have paid the school to agree to this experiment. What follows is an interesting and heart warming story of Ortega's experience, and how the friends he makes eventually help to save his life. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
With a thick finger he slowly traced the path of a stray raindrop that had landed near the corner of his eye and trickled down his cheek. And he thought to himself that it was probably a very good thing that gorillas didn't know how to cry. Raised in a laboratory, Ortega might seem nearly human to his scientist-caregivers, but to the children at his new school, a talking gorilla is nothing but a freak. Unless he wants to spend the rest of his life locked in a cage, however, Ortega is going to have to change people's minds. More than a comic-adventure novel, Ortega asks the reader to reflect upon the limits of science, imagine how it feels to be profoundly different from those around you and, most of all, consider what it really means to be human. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)813.6Literature English (North America) American fiction 21st CenturyLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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