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Borderland / Graham Akhurst.
Van Pelt Library PR9619.4.A427 B67 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Akhurst, Graham, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Youth fiction.
- Actors--Fiction.
- Actors.
- Internship programs--Fiction.
- Internship programs.
- Mineral industries--Australia--Queensland--Fiction.
- Mineral industries.
- Documentary films--Fiction.
- Documentary films.
- Youth, Aboriginal Australian--Juvenile fiction.
- Youth, Aboriginal Australian.
- Documentary films--Juvenile fiction.
- Actors--Juvenile fiction.
- Internship programs--Juvenile fiction.
- Mineral industries--Australia--Queensland--Juvenile fiction.
- Young adult fiction.
- Australian fiction.
- Brisbane (Qld.)--Fiction.
- Brisbane (Qld.).
- Brisbane (Qld.)--Juvenile fiction.
- Queensland.
- Queensland--Brisbane.
- Genre:
- Australian fiction
- Fiction
- Juvenile works
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 235 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Nedlands, WA : UWA Press, 2023.
- Crawley, Western Australia : UWAP, an imprint of UWA Publishing, 2023.
- Summary:
- Jono, a city-born Indigenous teenager is trying to figure out who he really is. Life in Brisbane hasn't exactly made him feel connected to his Country or community. Luckily, he's got his best friend, Jenny, who has been by his side through their hectic days at St Lucia Private. After graduating, Jono and Jenny score gigs at the Aboriginal Performing Arts Centre and an incredible opportunity comes knocking interning with a documentary crew. Their mission? To promote a big government mining project in the wild western Queensland desert. The catch? The details are sketchy, and the land is rumoured to be sacred. But who cares? Jono is stoked just to be part of something meaningful. Plus, he gets to be the lead presenter! Life takes a turn when they land in Gambari, a tiny rural town far from the hustle and bustle of the city. Suddenly, Jono's intuition becomes his best guide. He's haunted by an eerie omen of death, battling suffocating panic attacks, and even experiencing visions of Wudun a malevolent spirit from the Dreaming. What's the real story behind the gas mining venture? Are the documentary crew hiding something from Jono? And could Wudun be a messenger from the land, fighting back against the invasion?
- ISBN:
- 9781760802646
- 1760802646
- OCLC:
- 1400955890
- Publisher Number:
- 99995358953
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