Bird and Sugar Boy

James ‘Bird’ Burdell likes Math and Science – because when something is wrong you can usually go back and find the mistake that you did. But life isn’t as simple as that… There’s no reason why his dad is a single dad. No reason why his mum shot through. No reason why his friend Sugar Boy’s sick little brother has to struggle to get his air in.
Bird and Sugar Boy are best friends – they ride their bikes together, they hang out in an old tunnel down the bush and they’re always getting in trouble for making each other laugh in class.

But then Sugar Boy moves to Broome…