Girl Underground

NCACL Cultural Diversity Database

Title

Girl Underground

Author

Gleitzman, Morris

Publisher, Date

Penguin, 2004

Audience

Secondary, Upper Primary

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Annotation

Having arrived in Australia only to be locked up in a detention centre, Bibi and Jamal find there is support on the outside. Bridget and her friend Menzie are determined to rescue rhwaw two children from the detention centre.
Key Concepts
1. Detention Centres
2. Hope
3. Refugees
4. Resilience
5. War