In Desert and Wilderness
| Language | en |
|---|---|
| First published | 2009-10-30 |
| Rights | Public domain in the USA. |
| Gutenberg ID | #30365 |
Description
"In Desert and Wilderness" by Henryk Sienkiewicz is a young adult novel written in 1911. When fourteen-year-old Polish boy Staś and eight-year-old English girl Nell are kidnapped by rebels during the Mahdist War in Sudan, they endure a harrowing journey through the Sahara Desert. After a desperate act of survival leaves them stranded deep in Africa, the two children must navigate treacherous wilderness, dangerous wildlife, and disease as they search for rescue and a way home. (This is an automatically generated summary.)