Book 1

Spirit of the Jungle

by Bear Grylls

Published 6 October 2016

From real-life adventurer, Bear Grylls, Spirit of the Jungle is an exciting contemporary action-adventure inspired by Rudyard Kipling's classic, The Jungle Book.

Could you survive in the jungle?

After being washed away down the Wainganga River during a flash flood, Mak wakes up alone in the Indian jungle. The jungle is full of danger - poisonous snakes, cunning monkeys and desperate poachers - and every step Mak takes might be his last.

Mak finds help and friendship from other jungle creatures, but he will need all his skill and luck to survive and make his way back home.


Book 2

Return to the Jungle

by Bear Grylls

Published 7 September 2017

Could you survive in the jungle?

Six months after his adventures in Spirit of the Jungle, Mak returns to the Wainganga River, where a conservation project is tracking the elusive wild elephant, endangered by loggers and poachers.

When a young elephant is captured by an unscrupulous merchant, Mak and his friend Diya follow them into the heart of the jungle in a quest to set the animal free. But soon Mak finds that he must remember all his survival skills to escape danger.

Inspired by Rudyard Kipling's classic The Second Jungle Book, this is an exciting contemporary action-adventure from the nation's favourite adventurer, Bear Grylls.