Born Into This by Adam Thompson

Born Into This by Adam ThompsonThe stories in Born Into This throw light on a world of unique cultural practice and perspective, from Indigenous rangers trying to instil some pride in wayward urban teens on the harsh islands off the coast of Tasmania to those scraping by on the margins of white society railroaded into complex and compromised decisions. To this mix Adam Thompson manages to bring humour, pathos and occasionally a sly twist as his characters confront racism, untimely

'A fun way of helping young readers learn their colours and days of the week

That is not the only danger

trickery and scams

and a fox who teaches him to see the important things in life

' or does a weepy cloud of visceral horror descend as pine nuts burn quietly in the kitchen

Here the Dempsey family have run a drug ring for generations

Does everybody have an Invisible String

capturing the universal yet deeply personal nature of love

Rather it is the stories of the Kesh - stories

Winner of the David Unaipon Award and first published in 2009 by UQP

A young man named Levi McAllister decides to build a coffin for his twenty-three-year-old sister

œThe Silver Brumby took me cantering into the world's wilder places