"Life is a Jungle!" (Book Two of the Rani Adventures)

"Life is a Jungle" by Ron Snell is Book 2 of The Rani Adventures, also known as The Jungle Series. The second edition is 5 1/2 inches by 8 1/2 inches. The first edition was 4 1/4 inches by 7 inches. Type is bigger and easier to read in the second edition. Extremely popular with the Christian homeschool audience as well as people of all ages, The Rani Adventures depict what life was like for a young missionary kid growing up in the rain forests of Peru. "My high school years were like a television series," Snell writes. "Hiking into the middle of the Amazon jungle to build an airstrip and nearly starving to death. Greeting the president of Peru as he stepped out of his chopper to visit our school. Spoon feeding water to feverish Machiguengas and helping bury the ones who died. "I never thought it unusual to have a 16-foot anaconda slithering around in our science class. Or going barefoot to school, getting stuck in the middle of landslides or getting cheap thrills careening through the streets of Lima in taxis in the dead of night. "What was I doing in Peru? "Well, that's a long story. A funny, sad, sometimes unbelievable story. It's what this book is about--a really crazy family that loved adventure, loved God and loved the Machiguengas."

Ron Snell spent most of sixteen years growing up in Peru. After getting degrees in anthropology and linguistics, he and his wife Esther worked with the Summer Institute of Linguistics in Mexico, South Texas, and Indonesia before settling in Duncanville, where he works as a real-estate agent, remodeler, and writer. He also organizes adventure trips to Peru, focusing especially on the Machiguenga area where he was reared.; TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter One--Furlough Chapter Two--Epi and the Mad Bull Chapter Three--The Airstrip Chapter Four--The Measles Chapter Five--Getting Around Chapter Six--The Shot Chapter Seven--Our Hut Chapter Eight--Pecky-peckies and the Go-Cart Chapter Nine--The Landslide Chapter Ten--The Ruins Chapter Eleven--Field Day Chapter Twelve--Graduation Chapter Thirteen--The Graduation Gift Chapter Fourteen--The Farewell;