Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence - Couverture souple

Pilkington, Doris; Garimara, Nugi

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0702227099 ISBN 13 : 9780702227097

Editeur : Univ of Queensland Pr, 1996

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Ideal for intermediate learners of English looking to improve or practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen to the story at the same time as reading. Fourteen-year-old Molly and her cousins Daisy and Gracie were mixed-race Aborigines. In 1931 they were taken away from their families and sent to a camp to be trained as good 'white' Australians. They were told to forget their mothers, their language, their home. But Molly would not forget. She and her cousins escaped and walked back to Jigalong, 1,600 kilometres away, following the rabbit-proof fence as their guide across the desert. This is the story of that walk, told by Molly's daughter, Doris. It is also a prize-winning film.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Following an Australian government edict in 1931, black aboriginal children and children of mixed marriages were gathered up and taken to settlements to be institutionally assimilated. In Rabbit-Proof Fence, award-wining author Doris Pilkington traces the story of her mother, Molly, one of three young girls uprooted from their community in Southwestern Australia and taken to the Moore River Native Settlement. There, Molly and her relatives Gracie and Daisy were forbidden to speak their native language, forced to abandon their heritage, and taught to be culturally white. After regular stays in solitary confinement, the three girls planned and executed a daring escape from the grim camp.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Univ of Queensland Pr
• Date d'édition: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0702227099
• ISBN 13: 9780702227097
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 136