Remembering Babylon
by David Malouf
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In the mid-1840s, thirteen-year-old Gemmy Fairley is cast ashore in the far north of Australia and taken in by Aboriginals. Sixteen years later, when settlers reach the area, he moves back ino the world of Europeans. Given shelter by the McIvors, Gemmy seems at first to be guaranteed a secure role in the settlement, but there are currents of fear and mistrust in the air. -- back cover.
Aboriginal AustraliansAustralian aboriginesFictionFrontier and pioneer lifeHistorical fictionReading Level-Grade 9Reading Level-Grade 10New York Times reviewedAustralia, fictionFiction, historical, generalFrontier and pioneer life, fiction