This book about true friendship, hope, betrayal and forgiveness has received many literary awards, including the August Prize and the most prestigious German Jugendliteraturpreis. “For those of you who don’t know me, I’ll tell you right away that I’m not human. I'm an ape. I don’t know how I ended up among people. And most likely, I will never know. I learned to understand your thoughts, I learned to understand your speech. I know what theft and betrayal are. What is greed? And cruelty. I have had many masters, and most of them I would rather forget.”