Cirrus@Austlit

'Spikes on the bottom boots,

my favourite colour boots,

making me too deadly.

'Can the shoes on your feet really make you jump higher? Walk taller? Dream bigger?

'A joyous, empowering story about finding confidence within yourself, boots or no boots, from the award-winning authors of Black Cockatoo.'  (Publication summary)

'Black Cockatoo is a vignette that follows Mia, a young Aboriginal girl as she explores the fragile connections of family and culture. Mia is a 13-year-old girl from a remote community in the Kimberley. She is saddened by the loss of her brother as he distances himself from the family. She feels powerless to change the things she sees around her, until one day she rescues her totem animal, the dirran black cockatoo, and soon discovers her own inner strength. A wonderful small tale on the power of standing up for yourself, culture and ever-present family ties.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.