Bindi by Kirli Saunders Illustrated by Dub Leffler

Bindi by Kirli Saunders Illustrated by Dub LefflerMeet 11 year old Bindi. Shes not really into maths but LOVES art class and playing hockey. Her absolute FAVOURITE thing is adventuring outside with friends or her horse, Nell. A new year starts like normalschool, family, hockey, dancing. But this year hasnt gone to plan! Theres a big art assignment, a drought, a broken wrist AND the biggest bushfires her town has ever seen! Bindi is a verse novel for mid upper primary students. Written for those who

drove the long lonely road from Alice Springs to the settlement at Papunya in the Northern Territory

but in order to save her

Talaga reminds us

Tracker Tilmouth returned home to transform the world of Aboriginal politics

A semi-trailer and a freightless haul to the heart see him arrested and imprisoned in Alice Springs

every action-takes him closer to that moment of glory

Throughout this time

Some records are held precariously in ad hoc collections

White Tears/Brown Scars blows open the inconvenient truth that when it comes to race

What causes people to continually relive what they most want to forget

Yet when told to have hope

Proceed at your own risk