Ayaiga by Thomas Higgs and Colin Hall

Ayaiga by Thomas Higgs and Colin HallIn the remote Roper River region of the Northern Territory more than 120 years ago, an Alawa man committed an act of such exceptional bravery that a King took notice. Description In the remote Roper River region of the Northern Territory more than 120 years ago, an Alawa man committed an act of such exceptional bravery that a King took notice. Ayaiga had been arrested for stealing from one of the vast cattle stations established on traditional Alawa

Those days are long over

With even a sliver of the ancient dragon's all-powerful scroll

each player collects bird cards and gathers them into flocks to score points

wife-beating

and a movement compelled by both the heart and the mind

a "slow horse" or a disgraced MI5 agent relegated to Slough House

Something has changed utterly- for most of human history

By juxtaposing different cultural narratives and storytelling techniques

If you care about what you eat

and Arthur Conan Doyle’s most loved creations

' - Laura Elizabeth Woollett

YALSA Reader's Choice List Nominee