''I think Gill is one of the best authors ever!''Eva, age 10''Lewis's confident, economical prose takes the reader up, up and away''The Times''Lewis writes beautifully about nature and animals.''Daily Mail''Gill Lewis has established herself as the principal contemporary writer of animal stories, combining a vet's knowledge of her subject with a novelist's capacity for character and plot''Telegraph''Powerful and thought-provoking from the start, I read it straight through to the end.''Kerra Dagley, ReadingZone''A recommended read for wildlife lovers, would be travellers, and anyone who wants to engage with lives different from their own.''Books for Keeps''Adventure and wildlife mix in this exciting story''Angels & Urchins''Lewis's animal stories grow more powerful with each book . This is a thrilling, thought-provoking adventure''Sally Morris, Daily Mail''Not many people can set out to explain the backstory of the mineral coltan to children and produce a thrilling adventure story. But vet-turned-author Gill Lewis is a rare talent.''Lucy Siegle, The Observer Magazine''An incredible, moving story''Express & Echo''Gill Lewis is a wonderful writer who contrives to write about humans and animals with equal empathy''Melanie McDonagh, Evening Standard''children will be bowled over by the action, the moral argument, and inspired with a new understanding of our place in the world''MinervaReads blog''The short, interpolated passages presented from the point of view of the increasingly beleaguered gorillas are strong and, although it's an uncompromising story featuring violence and death, most of the characters who deserve one eventually get some sort of happy ending.''Susan Elkin, The Independent.