7 Best indigenous books like Young Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe

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Young Dark Emu

By: Bruce Pascoe

4.39

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary awards for Dark Emu and now he has brought together…

If you liked the indigenous plot in Young Dark Emu by Bruce Pascoe , here is a list of 7 books like this:

Cover of Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel by Mariah Marsden, Brenna Thummler, Kendra Phipps, None

1. Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel

By: Mariah Marsden , Brenna Thummler , Kendra Phipps , None

4.11

Format: None pages, Paperback

Schoolyard rivalries. Baking disasters. Puffed sleeves.Explore the violet vales and glorious green … read more

Similar categories in Mariah Marsden's Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • childrens
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2. The Red Shoe

By: Ursula Dubosarsky

3.50

Format: 240 pages, Hardcover

Funny, tough-minded and tender, this is the story of Matilda and her two sisters growing up in Sydn… read more

Similar categories in Ursula Dubosarsky's The Red Shoe book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • childrens
  • australia
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3. Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens

By: Shankari Chandran

4.21

Format: 384 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Cinnamon Gardens, a home for those who are lost and the stories they treasure. Cinnam… read more

Similar categories in Shankari Chandran's Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • australia
  • audiobook
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4. This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: The Joy of Loving Something--Anything--Like Your Life Depends On It

By: Tabitha Carvan

3.82

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Why We Can't Sleep meets Furiously Happy in this hilarious, heartfelt memoir about one woman's midl… read more

Similar categories in Tabitha Carvan's This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch: The Joy of Loving Something--Anything--Like Your Life Depends On It book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
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5. Edenglassie

By: Melissa Lucashenko

4.13

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

Two extraordinary Indigenous stories set five generations apart. When Mulanyin meets the beautiful … read more

Similar categories in Melissa Lucashenko's Edenglassie book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • audiobook
  • australia
  • indigenous
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6. The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

By: Leah Purcell

4.11

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Deep in the heart of Australia’s high country, along an ancient, hidden track, lives Molly Johnson … read more

Similar categories in Leah Purcell's The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • audiobook
  • australia
  • indigenous
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7. Bite Back: Feminism, Media, Politics, and Our Power to Change It All

By: Hannah Ferguson

4.29

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

The Founder of Cheek Media Co. delivers the conversations we've been missing on everything from die… read more

Similar categories in Hannah Ferguson's Bite Back: Feminism, Media, Politics, and Our Power to Change It All book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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8. Women & Children

By: Tony Birch

4.22

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

It's 1965 and Joe Cluny is living in a working-class suburb with his mum, Marion, and sister, Ruby,… read more

Similar categories in Tony Birch's Women & Children book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • australia
  • indigenous
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9. After Story

By: Larissa Behrendt

4.07

Format: 360 pages, Paperback

When Indigenous lawyer Jasmine decides to take her mother Della on a tour of England's most revered… read more

Similar categories in Larissa Behrendt's After Story book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • audiobook
  • australia
  • indigenous
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10. Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness

By: Kristen Radtke

4.01

Format: 352 pages, Hardcover

From the acclaimed author of Imagine Wanting Only This--a timely and moving meditation on isolation… read more

Similar categories in Kristen Radtke's Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • nonfiction
  • history
"Perhaps we see loneliness in others simply to feel less lonely ourselves."

-Kristen Radtke, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness

"Or the times I've watched the people I love so unsatisfied, clawing toward connection that surpasses what I'm able to give them."

-Kristen Radtke, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness

"To arm ourselves is the most extreme form of separation I can imagine. To move through life without weapons is another way to remain open to the world, and at its mercy."

-Kristen Radtke, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness

"But loneliness isn’t necessarily tied to whether you have a partner or a best friend or an aspirational active social life in which you’re laughing all the time. It’s a variance that rests in the spa…"

-Kristen Radtke, Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness

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11. Basil and Oregano

By: Melissa Capriglione

3.86

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

Mix two parts The Great British Bake Off with one-part magical boarding school plus a generous dash… read more

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12. Bodies Are Cool

By: Tyler Feder

4.61

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

This cheerful love-your-body picture book for preschoolers is an exuberant read-aloud with bright a… read more

Similar categories in Tyler Feder's Bodies Are Cool book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • childrens
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13. Caught in the Act

By: Courtney Act

4.10

Format: 341 pages, Kindle Edition

Boy, girl, artist, advocate. Courtney is more than the sum of her parts. Meet Shane Jenek. Raised … read more

Similar categories in Courtney Act's Caught in the Act book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • australia
  • audiobook
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14. Rental Person Who Does Nothing

By: Shoji Morimoto

3.34

Format: 160 pages, ebook

Need a rental person who does nothing? Shoji Morimoto provides a fascinating service to the lone… read more

Similar categories in Shoji Morimoto's Rental Person Who Does Nothing book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • audiobook
"– that people have a value even if they do nothing."

-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing

"I felt comfortable in a community that existed just for the moment, with simple, temporary relationships uncomplicated by past or future."

-Shoji Morimoto, Rental Person Who Does Nothing

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15. Garlic and the Witch

By: Bree Paulsen

4.36

Format: 160 pages, Hardcover

Bree Paulsen's brave little protagonist, Garlic, is back in this charmingly illustrated standalone … read more

Similar categories in Bree Paulsen's Garlic and the Witch book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • childrens
Cover of Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography by Wendy Loggia

16. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography

By: Wendy Loggia

4.68

Format: 24 pages, Hardcover

Help your little one dream big with a Little Golden Book biography about Taylor Swift, the Grammy A… read more

Similar categories in Wendy Loggia's Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • nonfiction
  • picture books
  • biography
  • childrens
Cover of Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise by Katherine Rundell

17. Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

By: Katherine Rundell

4.10

Format: 76 pages, Hardcover

An unmissable essay on the importance of children's literature by the bestselling and award-winning… read more

Similar categories in Katherine Rundell's Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • nonfiction
  • childrens
"Children's books are not a hiding place, they are a seeking place."

-Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

"But the writing we call children’s fiction is not a childish thing: childish things include picking your nose and eating the contents, and tantruming at the failure to get your own way. The 45th Pres…"

-Katherine Rundell, Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise

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18. Ready When You Are

By: Gary Lonesborough

4.20

Format: 245 pages, Hardcover

A remarkable YA love story between two Aboriginal boys -- one who doesn’t want to accept he’s gay, … read more

Similar categories in Gary Lonesborough's Ready When You Are book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • australia
  • indigenous
"Go to your elders. You should ask them about your country and your totem. Because that is your identity. A blackfella with no identity is a lost blackfella. He don't know where he belongs."

-Gary Lonesborough, Ready When You Are

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19. Duck à l'Orange for Breakfast

By: Karina May

3.84

Format: 352 pages, Trade Paperback

What if the person getting you through the hardest time in your life is someone you've never met? … read more

Similar categories in Karina May's Duck à l'Orange for Breakfast book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • audiobook
Cover of No Silly Questions: The Daily Aus explains how the world works (and why you should care) by Zara Seidler

20. No Silly Questions: The Daily Aus explains how the world works (and why you should care)

By: Zara Seidler

4.17

Format: 239 pages, Kindle Edition

Do you ever feel overwhelmed by the news cycle and a bit lost without the background to everything … read more

Similar categories in Zara Seidler's No Silly Questions: The Daily Aus explains how the world works (and why you should care) book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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21. Speaking in Tongues

By: Tom Tilley

4.03

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

When you no longer believe in eternity, every moment counts -- A memoir of breaking free and reinve… read more

Similar categories in Tom Tilley's Speaking in Tongues book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • australia
  • audiobook
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22. The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5)

By: Mackenzi Lee

4.05

Format: 128 pages, ebook

In this funny and frothy novella that picks up where the New York Times bestselling The Gentleman’s… read more

Similar categories in Mackenzi Lee's The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5) book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • audiobook
"Or perhaps that's just me assigning subterranean levels to every goddamn breath he takes."

-Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5)

"Someday, you little twat, it's going to be more than that. The way we start doesn't have to be where we end up."

-Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5)

"I look down at his hand and laugh without quite knowing why. “You deserve some sort of reward for putting up with me."

-Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5)

"I look down at his hand and laugh without quite knowing why. “You deserve some sort of reward for putting up with me."

-Mackenzi Lee, The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings, #1.5)

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23. Stellarphant

By: James Foley

4.68

Format: 40 pages, Hardcover

Heroes come in all shapes, sizes and species. Stella wants to be an astronaut. There is only one pr… read more

Similar categories in James Foley's Stellarphant book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • picture books
  • childrens
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24. Macca the Alpaca

By: Matt Cosgrove

3.86

Format: None pages, Paperback

Macca the Alpaca is the alpaca-llama mashup of the year! Perfect for fans of Oi, Frog! and You Can'… read more

Similar categories in Matt Cosgrove's Macca the Alpaca book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • picture books
  • childrens
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25. Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience

By: Veronica Gorrie

4.28

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

The story of an Aboriginal woman who worked as a police officer and fought for justice both within … read more

Similar categories in Veronica Gorrie's Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • history
  • biography
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • audiobook
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26. Smoke

By: Michael Brissenden

3.53

Format: 315 pages, Paperback

What secrets lie in the ashes? After a brutal wildfire tears through the town of Jasper in the C… read more

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27. Fourteen

By: Shannon Molloy

4.29

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Fourteen is this generation’s Holding the Man – a moving coming-of-age memoir about a young man’s s… read more

Similar categories in Shannon Molloy's Fourteen book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • australia
  • audiobook
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28. Young Dark Emu

By: Bruce Pascoe

4.39

Format: 80 pages, Hardcover

Bruce Pascoe has collected a swathe of literary awards for Dark Emu and now he has brought together… read more

Similar categories in Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • cultural
  • history
  • biography
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • indigenous
  • nonfiction
  • australia
  • environment
  • audiobook
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29. Because I'm Not Myself, You See: A Memoir of Motherhood, Madness and Coming Back From the Brink

By: Ariane Beeston

4.57

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

A frank, hopeful and darkly funny memoir of postpartum psychosis and recoveryAriane Beeston is a ch… read more

Similar categories in Ariane Beeston's Because I'm Not Myself, You See: A Memoir of Motherhood, Madness and Coming Back From the Brink book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
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30. Putting on a Show: Manhood, Mates and Mental Health

By: Rob Mills

3.84

Format: 288 pages, Paperback

What’s going on behind the bravado of the ‘average Aussie bloke’? Following the untimely deaths … read more

Similar categories in Rob Mills's Putting on a Show: Manhood, Mates and Mental Health book and Bruce Pascoe's Young Dark Emu

  • nonfiction
  • audiobook

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