The Mallee, where they live, may seem like the middle of nowhere, but it turns out this is going to be one hell of a year. As Sandy and Red deal with girls, dirt biking, footy and friendship, both boys have to work out who they want to be, without their mum around. He does his best, but - really - he doesn't have a clue. He's amped up on rage and always looking for a fight. His brother Red, on the other hand, is eighteen now and working the farm. Sandy Douglas knows that life at fifteen is hard, but it's even harder when your mother died a year ago and nothing's gone right since. It's like I'm not meant to be here but I am. I live on a farm but I get hay fever and I'm scared of goats. I live in the Mallee but I don't like the desert. Sometimes I feel like I'm neither one thing nor another. I know he’s upset… Continue reading the extract here…īuy a copy of The Sugarcane Kids and the Red-bottomed Boat here.Book Description Paperback. ‘They are going to hold him until the trial. ‘What else did the lawyer say, Samson?’ she asks. Turtle spits on her hand and wipes it over his growling face before carrying him into the kitchen. The adults flood in from the front yard, Eli and I sit stunned on the lounge.īeside us Baby Morris starts to howl and Eli’s grandmother, Turtle, hauls him up. Jacob Wilson is Eli’s cousin, and he was arrested for theft last week.
‘Jacob’s trial is in a month! Why so quick? That’s not enough time to get a proper defence together!’Įli scrunches up his mouth in an I’m-okay face, but I know he’s not. His Uncle Samson has just got a call from the courthouse. It’s meant to be a happy family party, but the yells from the grown-ups are just too much. The shock of it blisters as tries to eat his birthday cake. It’s hitting my best friend, Eli Kelly, right now. This is a hard truth, and it hits everyone at some time.
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