Walkabout

by James Vance Marshall

(The New Windmill Series #224)

Heinemann Educational Books, 1986, ISBN 043512224X, hardcover with illustrated boards

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners (see photographs)

“In the central Australian desert two schoolchildren, survivors of an air crash, meet an Aboriginal boy on ‘walkabout’ – a lonely trek he must undertake before achieving manhood.  The bush boy can hunt, fish, find water, and kindle fire – all the skills the city children lack.  This is the powerful story of their journey together, and how they try to understand one another.”