The Legend of Sally Jones

Sally Jones took to the typewriter gifted to her by Chief, to reveal the story of his false imprisonment in the exceptional The Murderer’s Ape. The hardship of her early years was suggested, yet it has taken until now for Jakob Wegelius to tell Sally’s story.

From the Congo, where she was captured as an infant gorilla, through circus to zoo, jewel thief to bazaar,  Sally survives. She suffers extreme cruelty, neglect and heartbreak. Yet along the way, she learns and builds abiding loyalty to her companions and friends.

Jakob Wegsluis is a spell-binding storyteller. With ‘The Legend of Sally Jones’ his superb, Brian Selznick like graphic pictures, come to the fore emphasising Sally’s journeys and wealth of experience. This is a superb prequel, gripping, real and stunningly imagined.