'Kay-Bell loves to play footy. All she wants to do on the field is make her family and the Tiwi people proud. But when Aunty B gets in the way of her dream of kicking goals for the Tiwi Warriors, Kay-Bell must enlist the help of her friends and brother on a wild journey ...
'Will she survive the water buffaloes, dugongs, crocodiles and stormy weather to make it to the big game?' (Publication summary)
Japarrika Rises
Melbourne
:
Penguin Random House Australia
,
2019
15342665
2019
single work
children's fiction
children's
Indigenous story
'Kay-Bell is desperate to play in the AFLW, but there are many obstacles ahead for the footy star. Will she get all her jobs done, escape her mean aunty and overcome her own self-doubt to make it all the way? And with the help of her brother, two best friends and her spirit bird--Japarrika--will her dreams come true?' (Publication summary)
