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...

 

There are 288 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Walker Books Ltd .

John Chambers writes and draws for a living. He develops concepts and writes scripts for animated series and films. He has written plays and draws comic strips. He also teaches (when he's allowed), and when he was young he won two colouring competitions. Most recently he has written and illustrated two Granny Samurai stories for Walker Books, Granny Samurai, the Monkey King and I and Granny Samurai and the Brain of Ultimate Doomitude. John is originally from Ireland but has lived for many years in Berlin with his family.