The Last Warrior Author:Mary Patchett Julia Graham was a widow. She and her 2 children had always lived in Australia, and she had always been fascinated by the fast-dying race of Australian natives - the Aboriginals. One of them, a baby whom she calls Boy, delights her every time he is brought to her house by his 2 young parents. When Boy's mother dies, Mrs. Graham agrees to keep... more » the child and bring him up with her own children. Through this, Boy learns to live like a white boy. But he knows that he is different and that one day, his father will come back and take him for the tribal rite of initiation into manhood. It is only when he returns from this rite that Boy realizes how strongly he is pulled by 2 totally opposing worlds - the ancient world of his tribal heritage and the 20th Century world of his adopted family.« less
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