Follow the RabbitProof Fence Author:Doris Pilkington This is the true account of Doris Pilkington Garimara's mother Molly, made legendary by the film "Rabbit-Proof Fence.' — In 1931 Molly led her two sisters on an extraordinary 1,6000 kilometre walk across remote Western Australia. Age 8, 11, and 14, they escaped the confinement of a government institution for Aboriginal children removed from their... more » families. Barefoot, without provisions or maps, tracked by Native Police and search planes, the girls followed the rabbit-proof fence, knowing it would lead them home.
Their journey -- longer than many of the celebrated walks of our explorer heroes -- reveals a past more cruel than we could ever imagine. This is a marvelous adventure story and thriller, celebrating courage and the resilience of the human heart.« less