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A dystopian series set in a futuristic Australia. It follows the journey of Ashala Wolf, the leader of The Tribe. Ashala, along with Ember Crow, Georgie Spider, is also an Illegal, a person with special abilities who are threatened with capture and detainment.
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1y The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf Newtown : Walker Books Australia , 2012 Z1874962 2012 single work novel young adult fantasy (taught in 4 units)
'The Reckoning destroyed civilisation and humanity has had to rise from the ashes. But there are now people with abilities - Flyers, Firestarters, Rumblers - and society is scared of them. The government calls them Illegals. Ashala Wolf protects a group of Illegals. They hide together in the Firstwood and she'll do anything to keep them safe. When Ashala is captured, she realises she has been betrayed by someone she trusted. Now she only has herself. But when Neville starts digging in her memories for information, she doubts she can protect her people forever...will the Tribe survive the interrogation of Ashala Wolf?'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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2y The Disappearance of Ember Crow Newtown : Walker Books Australia , 2013 6348683 2013 single work novel young adult fantasy
Sequel to the Tribe Book 1: The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf this follows the story of Ashala Wolf. 'To find her friend, Ashala Wolf must control her increasingly erratic and dangerous Sleepwalking ability and leave the Firstwood. But Ashala doesn’t realise that Ember is harbouring terrible secrets and is trying to shield the Tribe and all Illegals from a devastating new threat - her own past.' (Source: Publishers website)
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3y The Foretelling of Georgie Spider Newtown : Walker Books Australia , 2015 8272470 2015 single work novel young adult fantasy
'A storm was stretching out across futures to swallow everything in nothing, and it was growing larger, which meant it was getting nearer... Georgie Spider has foretold the end of the world, and the only one who can stop it is Ashala Wolf. But Georgie has also foreseen Ashala's death. As the world shifts around the Tribe, Ashala fights to protect those she loves from old enemies and new threats. And Georgie fights to save Ashala. Georgie Spider can see the future. But can she change it?'
Source: Publishing blurb.
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For Love of Country : Apocalyptic Survivance in Ambelin Kwaymullina's Tribe Series
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Extrapolation : A Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy , Spring-Summer vol. 57 no. 1/2 2016; (p. 177–196) 'Ambelin Kwaymullina, an Aboriginal writer, illustrator, and assistant professor who comes from the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia, has most recently ventured into the popular realm of YA Dystopias with her Tribe trilogy: The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf (2012), The Disappearance of Ember Crow (2013), and The Foretelling of Georgie Spider (2015). Although the Tribe series aligns with the ecological utopia and Bildungsroman, it is more importantly a “teaching story” whose strength resides in its use of the apocalypse and the centralizing of Country as collective tactics of survivance and cultural brokering relevant to the experiences of living in a (post)colonial world.' (Publication abstract) -
Children of Change, Not Doom: Indigenous Futurist Heroines in YA
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Extrapolation : A Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy , Spring-Summer vol. 57 no. 1/2 2016; (p. 151-176) 'Recent works by Ambelin Kwaymullina (Palyku), Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki), and Nnedi Okorafor challenge ideas that YA speculative futures must be ethnoculturally monolithic and unavoidably bleak. While their stories share elements with YA dystopia, postcolonial sf and Afrofuturism, they utilize a distinct artistic and theoretical approach called Indigenous futurism that incorporates Native/Indigenous concepts of community, power, and responsibility. From this unique position, their non-Caucasian female leads explore vital questions of choice and purpose, gender, violence, technology, environmental and social consciousness, and even endings and triumph.' (Publication abstract) -
A Series of Fortunate Readers : A Collaborative Review Article of Important Australasian YA Writing
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : Special Issue Website Series , October no. 32 2015;
— Review of Hitler's Daughter 1999 single work children's fiction ; The Book Thief 2005 single work novel ; Jasper Jones 2009 single work novel ; Tribe 2012- series - author novel ; The Obernewtyn Chronicles 1987 series - author novel ; Waiting for the End of the World 1983 single work novel ; On the Jellicoe Road 2006 single work novel ; The Incredible Adventures Of Cinnamon Girl 2014 single work novel -
I Read Books by Only Minority Authors for a Year. It Showed Me Just How White Our Reading World Is.
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Washington Post , 24 April 2015; -
Walking Many Worlds : Aboriginal Storytelling and Writing for the Young
2014
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Wheeler Centre , June 2014;
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A Series of Fortunate Readers : A Collaborative Review Article of Important Australasian YA Writing
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : Special Issue Website Series , October no. 32 2015;
— Review of Hitler's Daughter 1999 single work children's fiction ; The Book Thief 2005 single work novel ; Jasper Jones 2009 single work novel ; Tribe 2012- series - author novel ; The Obernewtyn Chronicles 1987 series - author novel ; Waiting for the End of the World 1983 single work novel ; On the Jellicoe Road 2006 single work novel ; The Incredible Adventures Of Cinnamon Girl 2014 single work novel -
Children of Change, Not Doom: Indigenous Futurist Heroines in YA
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Extrapolation : A Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy , Spring-Summer vol. 57 no. 1/2 2016; (p. 151-176) 'Recent works by Ambelin Kwaymullina (Palyku), Joseph Bruchac (Abenaki), and Nnedi Okorafor challenge ideas that YA speculative futures must be ethnoculturally monolithic and unavoidably bleak. While their stories share elements with YA dystopia, postcolonial sf and Afrofuturism, they utilize a distinct artistic and theoretical approach called Indigenous futurism that incorporates Native/Indigenous concepts of community, power, and responsibility. From this unique position, their non-Caucasian female leads explore vital questions of choice and purpose, gender, violence, technology, environmental and social consciousness, and even endings and triumph.' (Publication abstract) -
For Love of Country : Apocalyptic Survivance in Ambelin Kwaymullina's Tribe Series
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Extrapolation : A Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy , Spring-Summer vol. 57 no. 1/2 2016; (p. 177–196) 'Ambelin Kwaymullina, an Aboriginal writer, illustrator, and assistant professor who comes from the Palyku people of the Pilbara region of Western Australia, has most recently ventured into the popular realm of YA Dystopias with her Tribe trilogy: The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf (2012), The Disappearance of Ember Crow (2013), and The Foretelling of Georgie Spider (2015). Although the Tribe series aligns with the ecological utopia and Bildungsroman, it is more importantly a “teaching story” whose strength resides in its use of the apocalypse and the centralizing of Country as collective tactics of survivance and cultural brokering relevant to the experiences of living in a (post)colonial world.' (Publication abstract) -
I Read Books by Only Minority Authors for a Year. It Showed Me Just How White Our Reading World Is.
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Washington Post , 24 April 2015; -
Walking Many Worlds : Aboriginal Storytelling and Writing for the Young
2014
single work
essay
— Appears in: The Wheeler Centre , June 2014;