中文简介：

1941年，英国战火纷飞。约瑟夫被送到了英国北部一个被轰炸得满目疮痍的城市。这个对生活充满怨念、满腔怒火的男孩将和脾气暴烈的法雷利夫人生活在一起。法雷利夫人不喜欢小孩，她只喜欢她拥有的破旧动物园和里面强大的银背大猩猩阿多尼斯。随着时间的流逝，约瑟夫和阿多尼斯越来越亲密，和法雷利夫人也俨然成了命运共同体，他们共同坚守一项悲怆的使命——在炸弹炸毁铁笼之前，射杀阿多尼斯。约瑟夫能鼓起勇气结束阿多尼斯的生命吗？

本书根据真实故事改编。

英文简介：

1941. War is raging. And one angry boy has been sent to the city, where bombers rule the skies. There, Joseph will live with Mrs F, a gruff woman with no fondness for children. Her only loves are the rundown zoo she owns and its mighty silverback gorilla, Adonis. As the weeks pass, bonds deepen and secrets are revealed, but if the bombers set Adonis rampaging free, will either of them be able to end the life of the one thing they truly love?

Inspired by a true story.