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Akhurst, Graham,

Borderland / Graham Akhurst. - Western Australia : UWA Publishing, 2024. - xiii, 236 pages ; 21 cm

Jono, a city-born Indigenous teenager is trying to figure out who he really is. Life in Brisbane hasn't exactly made him feel connected to his Country or community. Luckily, he's got his best friend, Jenny, who has been by his side through their hectic days at St Lucia Private. After graduating, Jono and Jenny score gigs at the Aboriginal Performing Arts Centre and an incredible opportunity comes knocking interning with a documentary crew. Their mission? To promote a big government mining project in the wild western Queensland desert. The catch? The details are sketchy, and the land is rumoured to be sacred. But who cares? Jono is stoked just to be part of something meaningful. Plus, he gets to be the lead presenter! Life takes a turn when they land in Gambari, a tiny rural town far from the hustle and bustle of the city. Suddenly, Jono's intuition becomes his best guide. He's haunted by an eerie omen of death, battling suffocating panic attacks, and even experiencing visions of Wudun a malevolent spirit from the Dreaming. What's the real story behind the gas mining venture? Are the documentary crew hiding something from Jono? And could Wudun be a messenger from the land, fighting back against the invasion?

13+ years old.

ISBN: 9781760802646 1760802646

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Actors--Fiction.
Internship programs--Fiction.
Documentary films--Production and direction--Fiction.
Youth, Aboriginal Australian--Juvenile fiction.
Documentary films--Production and direction --Juvenile fiction.
Actors.--Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Australian fiction.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories and cultures--ACARA Australian Education Vocabularies.
Actors
Australian fiction
Documentary films
Internship programs
Young adult fiction
Youth, Aboriginal Australian

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Queensland --Brisbane--Fiction.

Subjects--Index Terms: AUS fiction (Australia) All Australian Indigenous Material (Australia)

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Australian fiction
Juvenile works

LC Class. No.: PR9619.4.A427 / B67 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 823/.92 A823.4