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My Australian Story: Who Am I?

My Australian Story: Who Am I?

New Edition

by Anita Heiss
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/05/2020
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I woke up this morning and I couldn't stop crying, cos this place is not my home, even though everyone says it is. When I was a little girl Mum would always hug me when I cried and tell me everything would be all right. Who's gunna hug me here?

Mary lives with the Burkes, but they're not her real family. She hasn't seen her real mum and dad since she was taken away from them five years ago. Everyone tells her to forget about them, but she can't. She wants to find out why she was taken, and where she really belongs.

Book Features:

  • Part of My Australian Story series redesign. 
  • From award-winning Indigenous author Anita Heiss.
  • Re-released to celebrate National Reconciliation Week and National Sorry Day 2020.
  • A moving story about the Stolen Generation and the deep wounds caused by being removed from both family and culture.
ISBN:
9781742769585
9781742769585
Category:
General fiction (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-05-2020
Publisher:
Scholastic Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
208
Dimensions (mm):
198x128mm
Anita Heiss

Anita Heiss is a proud member of the Wiradyuri nation of central New South Wales and one of Australia’s most prolific and well-known authors. Anita’s children’s literature includes Who Am I? the diary of Mary Talence, Our Race for Reconciliation, Harry’s Secret, Matty’s Comeback, and Kicking Goals with Goodesy and Magic, co-written with Adam Goodes and Micheal O’Loughlin. She also wrote two kid’s novels with students from La Perouse Public School - Yirra and Her Deadly Dog Demon and Demon Guards the School Yard.

Anita’s non-fiction works include Am I Black Enough for You?, Dhuuluu-Yala (To Talk Straight) – Publishing Aboriginal Literature, and as editor, Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia and The Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature which she co-edited with Peter Minter.

Her adult fiction includes Not Meeting Mr Right, Avoiding Mr Right, Manhattan Dreaming, Paris Dreaming and Tiddas. Her novel Barbed Wire and Cherry Blossoms was shortlisted for the QLD Literary Awards, longlisted for the Dublin International Literary Prize and was the University of Canberra 2020 Book of the Year. Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray was shortlisted for the 2021 HNSA ARA Historical Novel (Adult Category).

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