Jared Thomas

Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction from Jared Thomas, Me, Antman & Fleabag is full of black humour — a warm and deliciously funny story of life on the road. Take one woman, her partner Antman and their dog Fleabag, pack up the car, turn up the country music and you've got one spirited road...

SHORT-LISTED: 2023 QLD Literary Awards, Griffith University Young Adult Book Award I mean, Mum didn't drink that much. All of my friends' parents loved their champagne or whatever. Everyone drank in The Village, too. I'd only been there for about a month and there'd already been five wine and food festivals. Mum's drinking wasn't a big deal. Right? Phoebe's non-Indigenous...

Before Patty Mills was a basketball superstar leading the Boomers to win an Olympic bronze medal in Tokyo, he was a little kid with a big dream. Little Patty is a star on the footy field, an ace at athletics, and a ripper at rugby. So when he tries out for basketball, he expects it to be a breeze... He...

There's a new team in town: the Shadows. And sport-mad Patty Mills has something to prove... Tyson is Patty's arch-rival. And when he gives Patty a hard time about his people, it really hurts. But it makes Patty more determined than ever. Playing for the Shadows, Patty and his friends have a chance to shine - and show that Indigenous...

Sport-mad Patty Mills is a star on the footy field, an ace at athletics, a ripper at rugby. So when he tries out for basketball, it should be a breeze... Patty expects to be a great basketballer straight away, just like his uncle Danny. But he soon discovers there's a whole lot more to the game than just shooting hoops....

Through lots of hard work, Patty's skills have improved out of sight. And he's invited to step it up in a big basketball tournament. Even though he'll miss out on time in his beloved Torres Strait, playing in a major competition in Sydney is an opportunity too exciting to pass up. Patty starts to think he might have a future...

Age range 7 to 12'Nooooo,' I yelled and then Mum ran into the room in panic.'What is it, what is it?!' she yelled, shaking me by the shoulder.'Mum, Marcus took the Xbox,' I cried.'Good!' Mum said, 'Maybe now you can help out with the chores a bit more.'Dusty spends a lot of time playing games online, and usually with his...

Age range 12 to 17 Roxy May Redding's got music in her soul and songs in her blood. She lives in a hot dusty town and dreams big. She survives run-ins with the mean girls at high school, sings in her dad's band, and babysits for her wayward aunt. But Roxy wants a new start. When she gets the chance...

Calypso Summer is a story told by Calypso, a young Nukunu man, fresh out of high school in Rastafarian guise. After failing to secure employment in sports retail, his dream occupation, Calypso finds work at the Henley Beach Health Food shop where his boss pressures him to gather Aboriginal plants for natural remedies. Growing up in urban Adelaide and with...

Getting Dusty is the much-anticipated sequel to Jared Thomas' CBCA longlisted junior fiction, Uncle Xbox (2023). When Dusty bloodies his bully's nose in a soccer tournament, he finds himself grounded for a week. Feeling this is unfair, Dusty gets upset, and it's up to Uncle Xbox to help him understand why his actions have consequences and that he can learn...

Uncle Xbox is now in a relationship with Lil, and Dusty is jealous of having to share their time together. The positive is that Taj, Lil's son, challenges Dusty in the surf and helps him to regain his confidence. Dusty makes the state soccer team and, with Lil's encouragement, surfs heats in Adelaide and gains entry in the Bells Beach...