Riding the Black Cockatoo cover

Riding the Black Cockatoo

Author: Danalis, John

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Book Level 7.3
Points 9.0
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 49572
Points per Word 0.000182
Page Count 262
Points per Page 0.034351

Description

John recounts his efforts to learn the identity of the Aboriginal skull that had sat on his parents' mantel throughout his childhood and describes the ceremonial handover that occurred when the skull was returned to Wamba Wamba country years later.