Granny Samurai, the Monkey King and I
Quirky, off-beat comedy about a boy scribe, a kick-ass granny and a primate with a vendetta. Eccentric young wordsmith Samuel Johnson finds himself home alone while his diplomat uncle is off diverting a crisis in Azerbajan. As Samuel sits penning his memoirs and wondering how to divert the crisis in his own life - namely the big, hairy brute that is Boris Hissocks - he spots the little old lady next door acting very strangely. Is she actually chopping wood with her bare hands ? Then the Monkey King comes knocking, and suddenly Samuel's whole world is turned on its head...
Author: John Chambers
Format: Paperback, 288 pages, 128mm x 198mm, 270 g
Published: 2013, Walker Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Children's Fiction
Interest Age: From 8 to 12 years
Description
Quirky, off-beat comedy about a boy scribe, a kick-ass granny and a primate with a vendetta. Eccentric young wordsmith Samuel Johnson finds himself home alone while his diplomat uncle is off diverting a crisis in Azerbajan. As Samuel sits penning his memoirs and wondering how to divert the crisis in his own life - namely the big, hairy brute that is Boris Hissocks - he spots the little old lady next door acting very strangely. Is she actually chopping wood with her bare hands ? Then the Monkey King comes knocking, and suddenly Samuel's whole world is turned on its head...
Granny Samurai, the Monkey King and I