Calypso summer /
Thomas, Jared,
Calypso summer / Jared Thomas. - Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books, 2014. - 224 pages ; 20 cm.
Calypso Summer is a story told by Calypso, a young Nukunu man, fresh out of high school in Rastafarian guise. After failing to secure employment in sports retail, his dream occupation, Calypso finds work at the Henley Beach Health Food shop where his boss pressures him to gather Aboriginal plants for natural remedies. Growing up in urban Adelaide and with little understanding of his mother's traditional background, Calypso endeavours to find the appropriate native plants. This leads him to his Nukunu family in Port Augusta and the discovery of a world steeped in cultural knowledge.
9781922142122 (paperback)
PO Box 668 Broome WA 6725
Aboriginal Australians--South Australia--Fiction.
Nyunga (Australian people)--Fiction.
Young men--Australia--Fiction.
Teenage boys--Australia--Fiction.
Young men--Australia--Juvenile fiction.
Teenage boys--Australia--Juvenile fiction.
Aboriginal Australians--Juvenile fiction.
Nyunga (Australian people)--Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Young adult fiction.
A823.4
Calypso summer / Jared Thomas. - Broome, W.A. : Magabala Books, 2014. - 224 pages ; 20 cm.
Calypso Summer is a story told by Calypso, a young Nukunu man, fresh out of high school in Rastafarian guise. After failing to secure employment in sports retail, his dream occupation, Calypso finds work at the Henley Beach Health Food shop where his boss pressures him to gather Aboriginal plants for natural remedies. Growing up in urban Adelaide and with little understanding of his mother's traditional background, Calypso endeavours to find the appropriate native plants. This leads him to his Nukunu family in Port Augusta and the discovery of a world steeped in cultural knowledge.
9781922142122 (paperback)
PO Box 668 Broome WA 6725
Aboriginal Australians--South Australia--Fiction.
Nyunga (Australian people)--Fiction.
Young men--Australia--Fiction.
Teenage boys--Australia--Fiction.
Young men--Australia--Juvenile fiction.
Teenage boys--Australia--Juvenile fiction.
Aboriginal Australians--Juvenile fiction.
Nyunga (Australian people)--Juvenile fiction.
Young adult fiction.
Young adult fiction.
A823.4
