Child Of The Jungle
$38.40
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
26 June 2012
Summary
In 1980, seven-year-old Sabine Kuegler and her family went to live in a remote jungle area of West Papua among the recently discovered Fayu - a tribe untouched by modern civilisation. Her childhood was spent hunting, shooting poisonous spiders with arrows, and chewing on pieces of bat-wing in place of gum. She also learned how brutal nature can be and saw the effect of war and hatred on tribal peoples.
After the death of her Fayu-brother, Ohri, Sabine decided to leave the jungle and, …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844088874 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844088871 |
| Author: | Sabine Kuegler |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 26 June 2012 |
| Weight: | 209g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 22mm |
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Critics Review
“Young readers, and anthropologists, too, will find this account of a most unusual childhood engrossing.”
‘Gripping and very different–Elle Girl
Fabulous… the stuff of adventure storybooks and the National Geographic–Daily Telegraph
About The Author
Sabine Kuegler
Born in 1972 in Nepal, Sabine Kuegler was five when she came to live in the remote West Papuan jungle. Today she lives near Hamburg, has four children and has started up her own media company.
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