Summer of the Monkeys 1998 Summer Of The Monkeys set in 1910 on the prairies of Canada follows the story of a young boy, Jay, who dreams of getting enough money to buy his dream horse One summer Jay finds four chimps on the prairie who have fallen off a circus cart He later learns that there is a big reward for them Enough to buy the horse however, as time goes on he befriends the chimps and it becomes apparent that Jay cant bear to part with them