The Nameless Girl

The incredible true story of a child raised by monkeys In 1954, in a remote South American village, a 4-year-old girl was kidnapped and abandoned in the heart of the Colombian rainforest. Alone and afraid, she clung to the only companion she could find: a group of monkeys who welcomed her into their family. In a moving account, Chapman reveals the details of the period during which she gradually became feral. What she didn't know, however, is that her greatest test of survival wouldn't be in the jungle. After years in the forest, Chapman, now 10, was captured by hunters and returned to civilization. Sold to a brothel, she would be enslaved and beaten daily until she escaped—to live the dangerous routine of a street child, and then that of a prisoner in the home of a Colombian mafia family. But there was hope... The Nameless Girl tells this incredible story of survival and perseverance—a demonstration of the true meaning of “human” and what connects us to people.