The Baboon King

By Anton Quintana, John Nieuwenhuizen (Translator)

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Set in East Africa, a rejected hunter becomes the reluctant leader of a baboon troop and learns about the differences among individuals, tolerance for others, the basis of power and his place in the world.

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Mildred L. Batchelder Award 2000 (Medal Winner)
Format: Book
ISBN: 9780440229070

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Published by Walker and Company. Originally published in Dutch in 1999 as "De bavianenkoning."

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