Through the Jungle of Death: A Boy's Escape from Wartime Burma

by Stephen Brookes

A GRIPPING SURVIVOR STORY OF ONE FAMILY'S FLIGHT FROM BURMA DURING THE JAPANESE INVASION
""As uplifting a testimonial to human courage as any to emerge from World War II.""--Daily Mail (London)
""A tale of hair-raising adventure, survival, love and loss, shot through with rage, polemic, unlikely humour and a rare spiritual sensibility.""--Telegraph Magazine (London)
""Unique and heartfelt . . . a tale of human resilience and bravery in the most desperate circumstances.""--The Irish News
""Written with simplicity, understanding, and surprising good humour. It deserves to be read.""--The Times Educational Supplement (London)

262 pages, Hardcover

Published April 28, 2001

Reviews

[Mona · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'd give this book more than five stars if it were possible. What a beautifully written account of a tragic, horrifying journey from an idyllic life in Maymyo, a Burmese hill town, through the Valley of Death jungles to India in order to escape the Japanese as they devastated the country in 1942. The vivid imagery on every page carried me along with the escaping family. The book is riveting as told 58 years later through the author's then eleven-year-old eyes. So compelling a read that I gobbled up the book in less than 24 hours.

[Nate Hendrix · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can't imagine the 300 mile journey from Burma to India as an adult, never mind as an 11 year old kid. At the end of the book he gives a small insight into how the experience affected him, but I would have been interested to read about his life after this experience. The loss of family members and exposure to the level of starvation and death that he was would have to bother a person as the grew older.

[Issi · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent, sad and traumatic story about an 11 year old boy escaping with his family from Burma to India during WWII. Super.

[jill · Rating 2 out of 5]

Preparing for trip to Myanmar, and reading as much about this country before I go.

[Andy Perdue · Rating 5 out of 5]

A stunning account of survival and the will to live.

[Carol Payne · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this before taking a trip to Myanmar. Enjoyed having the personal perspective and WWII historical background.

[Linda Gaines]

this was the wrong book