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Dirrarn / Carl Merrison & Hakea Hustler ; illustrated by Dub Leffler.

Item Information Catalogue Record 700045886 .
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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781922777027 (paperback)
Classification	JF MERR
Personal Name	Merrison, Carl
Title	Dirrarn / Carl Merrison & Hakea Hustler ; illustrated by Dub Leffler.
Production & Copyright Details	Broome, Western Australia : Magabala Books, 2023.
Production & Copyright Details	©2023
Physical Description	109 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Content type	text
Content type	still image
Note	Sequel to 'Black cockatoo".
Note	"Winner of the Daisy Utemorrah award" --Front cover.
Summary Note	Mia could hear the squarks of her Jarriny before she saw them. Her eye's had flicked to the sky in search of the passing dirrarn but soon realized the noise was from the bird just beyond the gate. We first met Mia in Black Cockatoo, as she navigated her way through culture, Country and familial ties. Dirrarn follows Mia as she finds herself at boarding school and the challenges of living thousands of kilometres away from home, family, and the big sky country she loves. Mia along with her best friend, Naya, negotiate new friends, new ways of thinking and new ways of being in a different world. As Mia wrestles with all that is unfamiliar, she soon must learn to stand in her truth when confronted with unending challenges. The dirrarn (black cockatoo) is Mia's totem animal. It provides her with the strength and freedom to stay connected to her world, even when she is a long way from home. It is this totem she draws upon. Dirrarn is a sensitive story on the power of place, personality and the honour of standing up for the truth.
Target audience note	10+ years old.
Subject - Topical Term	Black cockatoos -- Juvenile fiction
	Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
	Boarding schools -- Juvenile fiction
	Belonging (Social psychology) -- Juvenile fiction
	Respect -- Juvenile fiction
	Honor -- Juvenile fiction
	Children's stories
	Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Juvenile fiction
	Australian fiction
Added Entry - Personal Name	Hustler, Hakea author.
Added Entry - Personal Name	Leffler, Dub illustrator.

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