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My Girragundji

My Girragundji

by Meme Mc Donald (Author)

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    Paperback 2002

    $3.27
Synopsis

BOORI MONTY PRYOR: AUSTRALIA'S CHILDREN'S LAUREATE 2012-13..'I wake with a start. The doorknob turns. It's him. The Hairyman.'..There's a bad spirit in our house. He's as ugly as ugly gets and he stinks. You touch this kind of Hairyman and you lose your voice, or choke to death...It's hard to sleep when a hairy wrinkly old hand might grab you in the night. And in the day you've got to watch yourself. It can be rough. Words come yelling at you that hurt...Alive with humour, My Girragundji is the vivid story of a boy growing up between two worlds. With the little green tree frog as a friend, the bullies at school don't seem so big anymore. And Girragundji gives him the courage to face his fears.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 84
 Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 01 Feb 2002
ISBN 10: 1864488182
ISBN 13: 9781864488180
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
 Book Overview: Winner, Book of the Year for Younger Readers, Children's Book Council Book of the Year Awards 1999Shortlisted, Best Children's Book, Queensland Premier's Literary Awards 1999Commended, Best Designed Young Adult Book, Australian Publishers Ass
 Prizes: Winner of Children's Book Council of Australia Awards: Book of the Year - Young Readers 1999. Shortlisted for APA Design Awards: Hodder Headline Best Designed Young Adult Book 1998.

Media Reviews
The present tense narrative balances realistic drama with subtle fantasy. Fears and violence are mediated by gaps in the text and poetic understatement, and Aboriginal words are smoothly integrated. The authors achieve the authenticity of their narrative through honesty and humour in this engrossing book that celebrates universal experiences. -- Julia Eccleshare 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
Author Bio
Meme McDonald is a writer and photographer who creates books for young people and adults. Boori Pryor is from North Queensland. His mother's people are Kunggandji and his father is from the Birra-gubba Nation. Boori is a performer, storyteller and writer. Meme and Boori co-wrote Maybe Tomorrow (Penguin, March 1998) with Margaret Dunkle as consulting editor. The Binna Binna Man (Allen + Unwin 1999) won Book of the Year at the NSW Premier's Literary Awards 2000. Meme and Boori also co-wrote two prize-winning books which have been adapted for theatre. My Girragundji (Allen + Unwin 1998) had two seasons touring nationally with The Bell Shakespeare Company, and Njunjul The Sun (Allen + Unwin 2002) - which received the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Young Adult Fiction - was adapted by Kooemba Djarra Theatre Company and produced with QPAC in Brisbane.Boori Monty Pryor was Australia's Children's Laureate in 2012 and 2013.