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'Rudra, the son of a fisherman, lives quietly in a small town on the Central Coast of NSW. He has dealt with racism his whole life but hasn't engaged with his Indian heritage until two events change the pattern of his days: his grandmother, his Didima, visits from India; and then while out fishing, Rudra and his dad haul up a tiger skull in their net. Soon Rudra and his mum are on a journey to India, where Rudra seeks to discover answers to the questions he'd never thought to ask. A wonderfully compelling novel underpinned by journeys of discovery and notions of belonging.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Works about this Work
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Crawling with Stories : Four New Young Adult Novels
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June - July no. 412 2019; (p. 38-39)
— Review of Highway Bodies 2019 single work novel ; The Honeyman and the Hunter 2019 single work novel ; Four Dead Queens 2019 single work novel ; How It Feels to Float 2019 single work novel'On 20 August 2018 the ABC aired a ‘special literary edition’ of Q&A during the Melbourne Writers Festival. It had a stellar line-up: John Marsden, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Sofie Laguna, Michael Mohammed Ahmad, and Trent Dalton. Viewers must have been optimistic. Were Q&A’s producers indulging in a long hour of lively literary debate? Unfortunately, they were not. But even though politics overshadowed much of the discussion that evening, the panellists made a considerable effort to draw on their expertise as writers rather than as political commentators when answering questions from the audience.' (Introduction)
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Crawling with Stories : Four New Young Adult Novels
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , June - July no. 412 2019; (p. 38-39)
— Review of Highway Bodies 2019 single work novel ; The Honeyman and the Hunter 2019 single work novel ; Four Dead Queens 2019 single work novel ; How It Feels to Float 2019 single work novel'On 20 August 2018 the ABC aired a ‘special literary edition’ of Q&A during the Melbourne Writers Festival. It had a stellar line-up: John Marsden, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Sofie Laguna, Michael Mohammed Ahmad, and Trent Dalton. Viewers must have been optimistic. Were Q&A’s producers indulging in a long hour of lively literary debate? Unfortunately, they were not. But even though politics overshadowed much of the discussion that evening, the panellists made a considerable effort to draw on their expertise as writers rather than as political commentators when answering questions from the audience.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2020 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards — Young Adults' Fiction
- 2020 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Older Readers
- 2020 longlisted APA Book Design Awards — Best Designed Young Adult Book designed by Amanda Gibson.
- Central Coast, New South Wales,
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cIndia,cSouth Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,