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Monkey Wars: Ausgezeichnet: Coventry Inspiration Children's Book Award, 2014 - Softcover

Kurti, Richard

 
9781406368185: Monkey Wars: Ausgezeichnet: Coventry Inspiration Children's Book Award, 2014

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An award-winning, original and gripping thriller which explores the dangers and temptations of power.

From BAFTA-nominated screenwriter Richard Kurti comes a gripping and original thriller exploring the dangers of power. When a troop of Langur monkeys attacks a group of Rhesus monkeys, a terrifying struggle for power begins. A young Langur, Mico, attempts to stop the bloodshed, but becomes entangled in the Langur leadership's dangerous secrets. Mico has to choose between right and wrong, but when monkeys turn on each other, there can be no survivors... Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and the UKLA Book Award and described as "strikingly original" by Anthony Horowitz, author of the Alex Rider and Power of Five series.

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After studying Philosophy & English at King s College, Cambridge, Richard worked at the BBC as a TV sound recordist. This led to a career as a freelance director, and then a move into full time screenwriting. Richard s film writing includes 14 completed commissions for US studios (Universal, Warner Bros, Miramax and Laika) and UK companies such as Working Title and Pathe. In television his writing has been primarily for mainstream audiences, with BBC adaptations of Kidnapped and Sherlock Holmes, episodes of Robin Hood, Primeval (ITV), Sinbad (Sky) and large-scale adaptations of Terry Pratchett s Going Postal and Unseen Academicals (Sky). These shows have earned widespread industry recognition with BAFTA nominations and RTS Awards.

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An award-winning, original and gripping thriller which explores the dangers and temptations of power.

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