Mazin grace / Dylan Coleman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coleman, Dylan.

Series:

David Unaipon Award Winners Series

Language:

Australian languages

English

Subjects (All):

Aboriginal Australians--Fiction.

Aboriginal Australians.

Australia--Fiction.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 pages)

Place of Publication:

St. Lucia, Qld. : University of Queensland Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With the powerful, rhythmic sounds of Aboriginal English and Kokatha language woven through the narrative, <I>Mazin Grace</I> is the inspirational story of a feisty girl who refuses to be told who she is, determined to uncover the truth for herself. Growing up on the Mission isn't easy for clever Grace Oldman. When her classmates tease her for not having a father, she doesn't know what to say. Pappa Neddy says her dad is the Lord God in Heaven, but that doesn't help when the Mission kids call her a bastard. As Grace slowly pieces together clues that might lead to answers, she struggles to find

Contents:

Cover; Author biography; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Glossary; 1 Minya wunyi wonganyi; 2 If welfare get us, we finished; 3 Where I belong?; 4 Secret-pretty-things; 5 Lookin' for answers; 6 Ngoonji bula: God, Jesus and Father Christmas; 7 Goin' away; 8 Mumoo jumpin' 'round; 9 Walbiya gu minga: white man's sickness; 10 Healin' jinna minga; 11 Some things stay the same, some things change; 12 Riddle solved; 13 Lookin' through new guru mooga; 14 The sins of the father; 15 Dolly gets a haircut; 16 Goin' back to country, in heaven; 17 Goojarb: serves yourself right; 18 Growing changes

19 Wash me awayAuthor's note; Acknowledgments; About the David Unaipon Award

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Arts Queensland David Unaipon Award, 2011.

"Winner of the David Unaipon award".

ISBN:

0-7022-4868-1

OCLC:

815973339