Desert Tracks Gift Card Lucky and Spike are heading

Lucky and Spike are heading to the people's camp to forage for spinifex seeds when they come face-to-face with a prowling cat

The evocative photographs provided by the authors bring an intimacy to this vital historical testimony that will be enjoyed by Indigenous and non-Indigenous readers alike

It sensitively reflects the emotional journey of a young man who leaves family and country to work on a lugger with Japanese and Malay divers by his side

‘drifting seaweed’ and ‘waving coral’ evoke the wonder of our beaches and the treasures to be found

and live with their families and others within the harsh confines of the Deebing Creek Mission – a place run by the malevolent Boss Man

Desert Tracks Gift Card Lucky and Spike are headingWINNER, 2026 NSW LITERARY AWARDS, ETHEL TURNER PRIZE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE "What started as a small breeze blew up and up and up until a whirlwind had wrapped itself around her. Sonny and Spike, caught in the tailwinds, looked away to protect their eyes from the flying dust. When the wind had passed and they looked back, Millie was gone." Have you ever gotten lost in a book? Entranced into the world of a mysterious old story, Millie, a