Becoming Kirrali Lewis Becoming Kirrali Lewis:Default Title From a kangaroo that hops

From a kangaroo that hops free

PICTURE BOOK OF THE YEAR

Set in the Kimberley outback during the late nineteenth century

gold prospecting—and ghosts

Becoming Kirrali Lewis Becoming Kirrali Lewis:Default Title From a kangaroo that hopsWINNER, 2014 BLACK&WRITE! INDIGENOUS WRITING FELLOWSHIP SHORTLISTED, 2016 PRIME MINISTER'S LITERARY AWARDS, YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE Set within the explosive cultural shifts of the 1960s and 1980s, Becoming Kirrali Lewis chronicles the journey of a young Aboriginal teenager as she leaves her home town in rural Victoria to take on a law degree in Melbourne in 1985. Adopted at birth by a white family, Kirrali doesn't question her cultural roots until a