Deadly, Unna?

‘Deadly, unna?’ He was always saying that. All the Nungas did, but Dumby more than any of them.Dumby Red and Blacky don't have a lot in common. Dumby's the star of the footy team, he's got a killer smile and the knack with girls, and he's a Nunga. Blacky's a gutless wonder, needs braces, never knows what to say, and he's white. But they're friends ... and it could be deadly, unna?

Winner of Children's Book Council of Australia (CBCA) Book of the Year Older Readers 1999 Winner of Children's Peace Literature Award 1999 Winner of Victorian Premier's Literary Awards Prize for Young Adult Fiction 1999 Short-listed for New South Wales State Literary Award 1999

'Deadly Unna is a story about racism, but it is also a story about much more – friendship, family and self-identity being among the themes explored.' -- aussiereviews.com

Phillip Gwynne is an Australian author. He is best known for his 1998 debut novel, Deadly, Unna?, a rites-of-passage story which uses Australian rules football as a backdrop to explore race relations in a small town in South Australia. The novel won several awards, selling over 200,000 copies, and was adapted into a 2002 film titled Australian Rules. Gwynne has written numerous other books, including children's and young adult books, as well as screenplays for television and movies. Shannon Williams aka BrothaBlack is one of Australia’s pioneers of Indigenous Hip Hop. He is an accomplished actor and performer with more than 200 performances under his belt. He featured on the Foreign Heights track “Get Yours (Remix)” nominated for the 2007 ARIA Award for Best Urban Release. Shannon also appeared as the studio host in Move It Mob Style®, nominated in 2012 for The ASTRA Awards Most Outstanding Children’s Program or Event and in 2014 for Most Outstanding Children’s Program at the 56th annual TV Week Logie Awards.

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