The genre of this book is fiction. I choose this book because it sounded pretty good. Jay Berry Lee lives with his Mom, Dad, and sister in Oklahoma Cherokee Ozark. It takes place during the 1800's. His Grandma and Grandpa live there too. His Grandpa owns a store in Cherokee Ozark. Jay lives on a farm and has a dog named Rowdy. One day he was in the bottoms and Rowdy treed a monkey which Jay had never seen a monkey in the bottoms before. Jay told his family about the monkey. His grandpa told him that there was a reward for the monkey. There were small monkeys that are worth two dollars and a big monkey that was worth a hundred dollars. This made Jay very excited to capture the monkeys and he had his grandpa and dad helped him out. Jay want to capture the monkeys because he wants to get a pony and a .22 gun. The monkeys were trained monkeys that got away from a circus train. The big monkey was really smart and kept getting away from Jay and Rowdy. The central conflict of this book is man vs nature because Jay is trying to capture the monkeys. The theme is that you should never give up and keep trying. Jay does not capture the monkeys but he keeps trying because he wants the money so he can get a pony and a .22. The writing style of the author is funny because he makes the monkeys laugh at Jay. I would recomend this book to others because it was a good book that will keep you wondering if Jay will capture the monkeys or not.