In my blood it runs / Dujuan Hoosan, Margaret Anderson and Carol Turner ; illustrated by Blak Douglas.
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TextPublisher: Sydney, NSW : Pan Macmillan Australia, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Description: 58 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781761263774; 1761263773Subject(s): Aboriginal Australians -- Juvenile literature | Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Juvenile literature | Indigenous children -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 305.89915 Summary: This is the story of Dujuan Hoosan, a 10-year-old Arrernte and Garawa boy. A wise, funny, cheeky boy. A healer. Out bush, his healing power (Ngangkere) is calm and straight. But in town, it's wobbly and wild, like a snake. He's in trouble at school, and with the police. He thinks there's something wrong with him. Dujuan's family knows what to do: they send him to live out bush, to learn the ways of the old people, and the history that runs straight into all Aboriginal people. So he can be proud of himself.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Junior Non Fiction | Australian Stories | J 305.89915 HOO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111088877806 |
"History. Learning. Love. Resistance"--On Cover.
For ages from 8+.
This is the story of Dujuan Hoosan, a 10-year-old Arrernte and Garawa boy. A wise, funny, cheeky boy. A healer. Out bush, his healing power (Ngangkere) is calm and straight. But in town, it's wobbly and wild, like a snake. He's in trouble at school, and with the police. He thinks there's something wrong with him. Dujuan's family knows what to do: they send him to live out bush, to learn the ways of the old people, and the history that runs straight into all Aboriginal people. So he can be proud of himself.
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