Dirrarn by Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler

Dirrarn by Carl Merrison and Hakea HustlerWe first met Mia in Black Cockatoo, as she navigated her way through culture, Country and familial ties. Dirrarn follows Mia as she finds herself at boarding school and the challenges of living thousands of kilometres away from home, family, and the big sky country she loves. Mia along with her best friend, Naya, negotiate new friends, new ways of thinking and new ways of being in a different world. As Mia wrestles with all that is unfamiliar, she

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Be they devastating family tragedies

so girls would grow up into devoted Catholics

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contrary to popular belief

with each chapter opening with fascinating background information

and pairs it with new material on the staggeringly high stakes of our immediate political and economic choices

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This book is based on a story the upper Primary students made about their lives

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