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Stolen Girl

Stolen Girl

by Trina Saffioti and Norma MacDonald
Hardback
Publication Date: 01/02/2012

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Stolen Girl is a fictionalised account of the now universally known story of the Stolen Generation and tells of an Aboriginal girl taken from her family and sent to a children's home. Each night she sings, and dreams of her mother and the life they once shared - of sitting on the verandah of their corrugated-iron home, cooking damper and hunting goanna. But each morning she is woken by the bell to the harsh reality of the children's home, until finally one day she puts into action her carefully crafted plan - unlocking the door and taking her first step back toward home. Stolen Girl gives young readers an insight into the life of a child taken away from everything they know into an alien world without love. It captures the depth of emotion that was felt by thousands of Australians during this dark chapter in the nation's history.
ISBN:
9781921248276
9781921248276
Category:
Picture storybooks
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
01-02-2012
Publisher:
Magabala Books
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
36
Dimensions (mm):
245x205mm
Trina Saffioti

Trina Saffioti lives in Wellington, New Zealand and is a descendant of the Gugu Yulangi people of North Queensland.

Trina has always wanted to be a writer and she is influenced by the creation stories her grandmother told her and the family stories her mother tells her. She is the author of Stolen Girl (2011) illustrated by Norma MacDonald and The Old Frangipani Tree at Flying Fish Point (2008) illustrated by Maggie Prewett.

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