Raised in Captivity

On a June morning in Saskawan Michigan 84-year-old columnist Iris VanWingen discovers a runaway monkey in the barn of her tumble-down urban farm. She is not pleased. In fact her searing diatribe aimed at that pathetic menagerie next door stirs up opposition to Ridge Park Zoos plans for expansion. It will be up to Caroline Finch the zoos new and untested spokesperson to control the damage and placate the opinionated (and frankly scary) Mrs. VanWingen. But before the summer ends the two women uncover a sinister conspiracy that threatens them both. What Iris and Caroline learn from each other and from ten-year-old junior zookeeper Rafael Rojas sets them on a dangerous quest to save the land the wildlife and the people they love.