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When Dougy's sister Gracey is picked for the state athletics championships, not everybody in their small bush town in pleased. "Aborigines get special treatment," some of the angry white people say. The championships change everything for Gracey and trigger dramatic events in the town too: black and white relations reach explosion point. The time is ripe for the mysterious Moodagudda to seek a victim ... In the end, its up to Dougy to save his family - and to prove himself. The first book in show more a trilogy which is completed by Gracey and Angela. show lessTags
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Dougy is the younger brother of the very talented Gracey, an aboriginal runner. Gracey is offered a scholarship at a prestigious Sydney boarding school so will soon be leaving the racially divided country town she has lived all her life. A simple accident escalates into a war, when the local white men blame the aboriginal men for the injuries on a white girl and suddenly Gracey & Dougy are fighting for their lives in a church hall, unbeknownst to them, the river has flooded and soon they will face a new threat as the flood waters rise.
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James Moloney was born in Sydney, Australia, on September 20, 1954. He was a teacher for many years before becoming a full-time writer. He writes fiction for young adults and children. Moloney's titles include Dougy, Gracey, Crossfire, The Pipe, The House on River Terrace, The Book of Lies, Touch Me, and The Love That I Have. In 1996, he won a show more Children Book of the Year Award for Swashbuckler and A Bridge to Wiseman's Cove also won a Children's Book of the Year Award in 1997 in addition to the Children's Literature Peace Prize and the Family Award. In 2015 his title Disappearing Act made the shortlist for Australian Book Designers Association Award. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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