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'Meet 11-year-old Bindi. She’s not really into maths but LOVES art class and playing hockey. Her absolute FAVOURITE thing is adventuring outside with friends or her horse, Nell.
'A new year starts like normal—school, family, hockey, dancing. But this year hasn’t gone to plan! There’s a big art assignment, a drought, a broken wrist AND the biggest bushfires her town has ever seen!
'Bindi is a verse novel for mid-upper primary students. Written ‘for those who plant trees’, Bindi explores climate, bushfires, and healing. Written from the point of view of 11-year-old Bindi and her friends on Gundungurra Country.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Novel in verse form, for mid-upper primary-school students.
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Awards
- 2021 winner Queensland Literary Awards — Children's Book Award
- 2021 shortlisted Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Indigenous Children
- 2021 winner Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards — Eight to 10 Years
- 2021 longlisted Colin Roderick Award
- 2021 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Book of the Year: Younger Readers
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