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Barefoot Kids

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Barefoot Kids

This is an action packed, character filled adventure story set in Broome. Barefoot Kids revolves around the Jirroo cousins – Janey, Jimmy, Tich, Buddy and Dancer – who play in a band together. Their special place, Eagle Beach, is under threat from developers . The kids start a campaign to save the beach, which leads to adventure, danger and excitement. Mixed in is the story of a missing treasure – millions of dollars worth of diamonds which mysteriously disappeared, along with the children’s great-grandfather, in 1942.

Join the Jirroo kids on a their quest to save Eagle Beach, and get lost along the way on a modern-day treasure hunt.

CategoriesConservation
Type Of BookAustralian Novel
FormatPaperback
ISBN9781920731533
Published10/11/2006
Price Per CopyRRP $16.95
1–9 copies$15.25
10–19 copies$14.40
20+ copies$13.56
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Steve Hawke

Steve Hawke grew up in Melbourne but found his way to the Northern Territory and then to the Kimberley as a nineteen-year-old in 1978. Captivated by the country, the history and the people, he stayed for almost fifteen years working for Aboriginal communities and organisations. He now lives in the hills outside Perth, but continues his strong association with the Kimberley, returning most years. Steve is a non-Indigenous collaborator and his writings on the Kimberley include Noonkanbah (1989), Barefoot Kids (2007), a children s novel set in Broome, and the play Jandamarra that premiered at the Perth International Arts Festival in 2008, and toured the Kimberley in 2011.

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