It is a place of danger, from crocodiles, drunk partners, and the people who are supposed to be protecting them. Children run around, looking for food and love, but always prepared with a homemade weapon.
The island is wet with humidity and alcohol. The only whites are few, hospital workers, and policemen mostly.
As you read this book you will start to wonder why the policemen are there, who needs protecting, and who is getting protected?
Many Aboriginal men are taken to prison, usually for very small reasons, but sometimes they die there. Now one has again. And it is the straw that broke the camel's back. Something must be done, it isn't the first time someone has died in jail, but the blacks are striving for it to be the last.
Can Cameron Doomadgee be fairly represented in a fair trial? Can the words of his people be heard clearly? But it turns into a war, a war between two tribes. The Aborigines, and the white cops - a tightly knit group of brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, daughters and sons.
Can the Aborigines finally find some justice for once? Or will the vicious cycle continue to spin?
Hooper will travel the small islands, towns, and cities of Australia trying to understand the truth, the people, the history and religion that not many take the time to listen to.
Recommended to ages 14 and Up (heartbreaking...)