A review by posies23
Walkabout by James Vance Marshall

3.0

There's a lot of craft in this simple story. The author uses lots of imagery and symbolism to highlight the difference between Western "civilization" and the Aboriginal "savages." Ultimately, the "savages" are more civilized, as a young Aboriginal boy (on the titular "walkabout") discovers a pair of European siblings lost in the outback after a plane crash.

This would be a good book for a lower-level literature class, simply for an examination of the use of setting, character, and figurative language.