Title

The Bone Sparrow

Author

Fraillon, Zana

Publisher

Lothian

Published Date

2016

Annotation

Jimmie is a young girl living just outside an Australian detention centre, while inside Subhi, a Rohingya refugee from Myanmar, lives in the only home he has ever known. Hardships are portrayed with detailed realism. Yet both ten-year-olds have stories given to them by their mothers that support them through harrowing life experiences.

Key Concepts

Hope, Detention centres, Friendship, Refugees, Resilience

Audience

Upper primary, Secondary

AC Links/EYLF

English, Geography, HASS, History, ACELA1500, ACELA1502, ACELT1608, ACELT1609, ACELT1610, ACELT1612, ACHASSK111, ACHASSK112, ACELA1515, ACELA1518, ACELT1613, ACELT1614, ACHASSK134, ACHASSK135, ACHASSK136, ACHASSK137, ACHASSK138, ACHASSK139, ACHASSK140, ACHASSK141, ACELA1528, ACELA1529, ACELT1619, ACELT1621, ACELT1622, ACELT1803, ACHASSK186, ACHASSK188, ACHASSK189, ACHASSK190, ACHASSK191, ACHASSK192, ACELA1540, ACELA1541, ACELT1626, ACELT1627, ACELT1628, ACELT1807, ACOKFH009, ACOKFH010, ACHGK049, ACHGK052, ACHGK054, ACHGK058