Monkey Town

The Summer of the Scopes Trial

School is out in the summer of 1925 in Dayton, Tennessee. For Frances Robinson, a fifteen-year-old daydreamer with a crush on her teacher, John T. Scopes, summer vacation promises tennis, and Coca-Colas from her father's drug store. But when Frances's father, the school board chairman, has Scopes arrested for teaching evolution, the sleepiest place on earth becomes a hotbed for famous thinkers, including H. L. Mencken, Clarence Darrow, and William Jennings Bryan. Overnight the world is flocking to Dayton to decide: Are people really descended from monkeys? Does the theory of evolution have a place in biology class? As Frances sees the man she loves crumbling beside her, she begins to question her town, her neighbors, and the father she has always trusted.©2006 Ronald Kidd; (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

Monkey scopes

Ok- even being a young adult novel- nice overview of a historical event from the eyes of a young girl living in out of the way Dayton Tn

loved this book!

Found this to be totally engaging. Time flew by. Felt I was there in Dayton!