Heart of a Gorilla by Steve Robbins
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In this novel aimed at young adult readers, the narrator-protagonist Samantha Starr Pulusky recounts her youthful experience in an old-fashioned traveling circus on the plains of early twentieth-century Kansas. The young Sammy comes of age as she protects the circus gorilla, Black Diamond, against the abuses of the circus owner. The sub-plots and secondary characters present a well-detailed portrayal of the historical and cultural setting of this novel of 155 pages.