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Text © 2008 Lisa Church

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ISBN 978-1-4549-4244-3

ISBN 978-1-4549-5099-8 (e-book)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Church, Lisa R., 1960– author. | Kipling, Rudyard, 1865–1936. Jungle book. | Mountford, Karl James, illustrator.

Title: The jungle book / retold from the Rudyard Kipling original by Lisa Church ; cover illustrated by Karl James Mountford.

Description: New York : Union Square Kids, 2023. | Series: Classic starts | Summary: An abridged retelling of the adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle. Includes discussion questions.

Identifiers: LCCN 2023000859 | ISBN 9781454942443 (hardcover)

Subjects: CYAC: Jungles—Fiction. | Animals—Fiction. | India—Fiction. | BISAC: JUVENILE FICTION / Classics | JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / Jungle Animals

Classification: LCC PZ7.C4703 Ju 2023 | DDC [Fic]—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2023000859

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Interior illustrations by MUTI

Interior design by Liam Donnelly

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

CHAPTER 1

Mowgli’s Brothers

CHAPTER 2

Kaa’s Hunting

CHAPTER 3

“Tiger! Tiger!”

CHAPTER 4

How Fear Came

CHAPTER 5

Letting in the Jungle

CHAPTER 6

The King’s Ankus

CHAPTER 7

Red Dog

CHAPTER 8

The Spring Running

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