Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence (Paperback)

from crimson-tide

A true story and an important story, but unfortunately very poorly written. As narrative non-fiction it just doesn't work. The author tries to stick too closely to the bits and pieces of details remembered by the protagonists after a period of 50+ years without giving thought to the narrative eff...

from sukizhang

This is a quite interesting book that contains a lot of rules about races and details about the race descriminations. For me, i hate descriminations.Wether rich or not, people have their own rights to have what they want and enjoy what others can enjoy. Freedom is still a big problem that didn't ...

from dele2451

An interesting and inspiring account of survival and determination. I really enjoyed the author's mixing of traditional aboriginal words and English in recounting the story, especially when the the runaways are speaking with each other. One disappointment was that the description of the actual tr...

from DeltaQueen50

Based on a true event, Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence is story of three young Aboriginal girls who, in the 1930s, cross the harsh Australian desert on foot to return to their home after being gathered up and being placed in a settlement school to be assimilated. The term “school” is used loosely h...

from sarradee

For some reason, the white government in Australia decided that half-caste aboriginal children shouldn't be raised by their parents and would be better off living in camps in order to be trained as domestic servants. This is the story of Molly, Gracie and Daisy who escape from captivity and follo...