
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