Trina Saffioti

Stolen Girl is a fictionalised account of the now universally known story of the Stolen Generation and tells of an Aboriginal girl taken from her family and sent to a children's home. Each night she sings, and dreams of her mother and the life they once shared of sitting on the verandah of their corrugated-iron home, cooking damper and hunting...

Age range 4 to 12They placed the lei around her neck and a frangipani crown on her head. They put bangles around her wrists and the ukulele in her arms. 'Now you are a real island princess.'Based on the experiences of the author's mother, The Old Frangipani Tree at Flying Fish Point is a touching story that follows a young...