This series describes lifes complexities for a young indigenous boy growing up in contemporary queensland. Other books by or with meme mcdonald, boori monty pryor. Buy njunjul the sun by meme mcdonald 9781865086415 from boomerang books, australias online independent bookstore. Both previous novels have won several awards and the first was the childrens book council of australia book of the year, deservedly so. Njunjul the sun by mcdonald, meme, pryor, boori monty. An outstandingly honest original eyeopening story about a young many daring to step out into a complex world. Njunjul the sun by meme mcdonald and boori monty pryor. Meme mcdonald is a writer and photographer who creates books for young. Australias childrens laureate 2012im heading out on mown, down the highway to the big city. Read njunjul the sun by meme mcdonald available from rakuten kobo. Njunjul the sun by meme mcdonald is available in these. The girragundji series for young readers includes my girragundji, the binna binna man and njunjul the sun 2002 by boori pryor and meme mcdonald has been awarded many prizes. Njunjul the sun by meme mcdonald overdrive rakuten. This is meme mcdonald s and boori pryors third sequel to my girragundji and binnabinna man.
He also wrote a picture book with jan ormerod entitled shake a leg. The three texts i propose to discuss, phillip gwynnes nukkin ya 2000, melissa lucashenkos killing darcy 1998, and meme mcdonald and boori pryors njunjul the sun 2002, trace many of the. Njunjul the sun is an awardwinning, outstandingly honest, original. From the book by meme mcdonald and boori monty pryor professional production njunjul, the sun is a comingof age play, where young people have to leave home to discover themselves, and where they have a choice of going back home to live a transformed life, or staying and coping with the new life that a new environment offers. Discover book depositorys huge selection of meme mcdonald books online. Young adult fiction used availability for meme mcdonald s njunjul the sun. State library victoria celebrating indigenous childrens books. Njunjul the sun by meme mcdonald, boori monty pryor dymocks. Njunjul the sun and flytrapall of which remain as relevant today as they. Click on a title to look inside that book if available.
Njunjul the sun by meme mcdonald, boori monty pryor. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. He has written several awardwinning childrens books with meme mcdonald including maybe tomorrow, njunjul the sun, the binna binna man, my girragundji, and flytrap. Meme and boori also cowrote two prizewinning books which have been adapted for theatre. Njunjul the sun is the third in a trilogy that began with my girragundji and continued with the binnabinna man. Njunjul the sun, meme mcdonald boori monty pryor shop. Boori pryor a young aboriginal lad wants to go to the city to experience something different from the old ways. She spent some time studying at monash university after her return to australia, and completed a dramatic arts course at the victorian college of the arts drama school.
Njunjul the sun paperback february 28, 2003 by meme mcdonald author visit amazons meme mcdonald page. It completes the trilogy, begun with my girragundji and the binna binna man, charting the journey of selfdiscovery. The three texts i propose to discuss, phillip gwynnes nukkin ya 2000, melissa lucashenkos killing darcy 1998, and meme mcdonald and boori pryors njunjul the sun 2002, trace many of the tensions that i have outlined. All three are young adult novels in which race relations are represented through interactions between aboriginal and non. In my girragundji a young aboriginal boy from east of cairns gunggandji nation faces growing up in a dysfunctional community marred by violence, alcohol and bullying all taking the form of the hairyman haunting his house at night. So far, she has published ten books, many of them are cowritten with boori monty pryor. Author mcdonald, meme, 19542017 subjects youth, aboriginal australian fiction talking books for children aboriginal australians ethnic identity fiction. A 16yearold aboriginal boy leaves his family and home for the big. Njunjul the sun kindle edition by meme mcdonald, boori monty pryor. Meme mcdonald was born in queensland, australia on july 19.
Meme mcdonald page on teachingbooks view the page share. Meme and boori also cowrote two prizewinning books which have. Njunjul the sun is an awardwinning, outstandingly honest, original, eyeopening story about a young man daring to step out into a complex world. Juvenile summary a young aboriginal lad wants to go to the city to experience something different from the old ways.
Meme records on her website how she met boori when she was working with joy murphy wandin, a wurundjeri elder, on the. Meme and boori cowrote maybe tomorrow penguin, march 1998 with margaret dunkle as consulting editor. Njunjul the sun develops the innovative combination of text, photographs and illustrations that was established in my girragundji. Njunjul the sun completes the trilogy, begun with my girragundji and the binna binna man, charting the journey of selfdiscovery of a young aboriginal boy as he learns to draw strength from his traditional heritage and to find a way of living in contemporary australia. Njunjul the sun a 16yearold aboriginal boy leaves his family and home for the big city, and as he struggles to make sense of his experience he realises that he must have the knowledge of his own people and culture in order to know who he is, and to find his direction. Njunjul the sun by meme mcdonald, boori monty pryor 9781865086415. Meme and boori also collaborated on flytrap, a book for slightly younger readers. Njunjul the sun will make you laugh, even as it grips your heart. Meme mcdonald has written ten books including the novel love like water, also published in slovenia that have received seven national literary awards.
Njunjul the sun meme mcdonald and boori monty pryor. In her work, she focuses on the dialogue and reconciliation between black and white australians. See more ideas about naidoc week, book corners and australian authors. See more ideas about book lists, books and aboriginal children. Njunjul the sun epub boori monty pryor, meme mcdonald. Njunjul the sun by meme mcdonald fantastic fiction. Njunjul the sun makes up a trilogy with these two books.
Meme mcdonald is a nonindigenous author who writes in partnership with the aboriginal author boori pryor. About the author meme mcdonald is a writer and photographer who creates books for young people and adults. The journal of the childrens book council of australia, may vol. Njunjul the sun by meme mcdonald, 9781865086415, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Njunjul the sun by meme mcdonald 9781865086415 booktopia. Both previous novels have won several awards and the first was.
It is true this book first came out in 2002, and that i am only reading it now. Two of these books my girragundji and njunjul the sun, written with boori monty pryor were adapted for stage and toured nationally. Teachers notes by dr wendy michaels njunjul the sun. She was educated by her mother until entering a boarding school at eight years of age. Unsettling narratives 2007 postcolonial readings of childrens literature by clare bradford. Boori pryor a restless and bored sixteenyearold is sent by his extended aboriginal family to stay with relatives in sydney where the people he meets and his experiences help him to overcome his homesickness. Meme mcdonald is a versatile australian artist, an artistic director, and a writer. After high school she spent a year in new york on a cultural exchange. Stephen muecke, introduction, in paddy roe, gularabulu. Njunjul the sun will make you laugh even as it grips your heart.
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