"Hard to buy books for 11 year olds. This really worked! The combination of mystery-tension and silliness, I think. Could hear him chuckling away. Read it in 2 days over the holidays. Will be getting the next one!"

"Really enjoyed this book, funny, sad and a thrilling mystery that adults can enjoy as much as their kids. Would definitely recommend it."

"My two daughters - 10 and 11 years old enjoyed the mysterious unexpected events in the book and the animal characters made the story so much fun. They were very eager to know what happens next and some of the animals even inspired one of the girl to use the characters for her creative writing exam. Two children heroes in the book are very brave, determined and truly inspirational."

"I bought this book as was recommended by a friend. My kids (boys 8 and 10 ) talked about the monkeys and Bernard so much that I decided to read it too. It's a really great read, fun but also with a darker side about illegal wildlife trafficking that gave the story some real jeopardy. The boys had a lot of questions about this so led to some good discussions about conservation generally."