Just because it’s hard, doesn’t mean it’s impossible
Young Kal runs away from home to find himself at the mercy of the Jhunti, a reclusive tribe living in the mountains of Australia. The Jhunti are fearful of white people destroying their way of life. Despite their misgivings, they agree to take Kal in after one of their own, Nemid, volunteers to look after the boy.
Life is hard with the Jhunti, but good, and through Nemid, Kal experiences what family and kindness are all about for the first time. Though, not everyone is pleased. Fighting racism at every turn and struggling to learn the Jhunti ways under the distrustful eyes of the tribal leaders, Kal’s welcome is wearing thin. He and Nemid have a difficult road ahead if they are to stay together.
Praise for Four Years with Jhunti
Four Years with Jhunti is an engrossing story, well-written, entertaining and moving. It will appeal
both to adolescents and their parents. Juliet Summers is a talented author with the power to make an imagined world startlingly real. - Katharine Betts
Four years with Junti is a story that is enthralling to the reader and difficult to put down. It is imaginative and certainly will appeal to a wide range of readers both young and old. - Barbara Sharp
About the author
Juliet Summers lives on twenty acres of bush adjoining a forest two hours from Melbourne, Australia, in a mudbrick house that her husband designed and that they built together. She is surrounded by nosy wombats, clowning rosellas, bossy kangaroos, curious wallabies and busy echidnas.
Every day in the forest brings new wonder. A few weeks ago they had snow, but today the Spring orchids are flowering. The skies are full of bird song, and everywhere are babies. The air is crisp and clean, and at night, the stars pepper the sky and everything is still.
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