![]() ![]() It has also been adapted for television twice, in 19. It has never been out of print and has sold over two million copies. He was educated at King's School, Rochester Downing College, Cambridge and the School of Oriental and African Studies, London. When he was young his family moved to a village called Ash, near Sevenoaks in Kent, which is the setting for Stig of the Dump. It is now often described as a ‘timeless classic’. Clive King was born in Richmond, Surrey, in 1924. Stig of the Dump wasn’t critically acclaimed at the time but it enjoyed slow burning success and has gone on to become a favourite Puffin title. Curiously, the manuscript was rejected 12 times before being picked up by Puffin. Stig was an invention though - as the place where he grew up was very boring and needed something to ‘wake it up’. He also drew upon his own childhood, as he too often explored a chalk pit near his parents’ home in Kent. No-one believes Barney, but the two boys become great friends, learning a lot from each other and embarking on adventures.Ī story about an unusual friendship between a lonely boy and the Stone Age child he meets in a chalk pit, now considered to be a modern classic.Ĭlive King’s children were the inspiration for Barney and Lou in the story. One day, he discovers a cave-boy living there, who has made a house for himself out of junk. Barney is a small solitary boy who loves exploring the dump at the bottom of a nearby chalk pit. ![]()
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