Notes

A beautifully written coming-of-age novel featuring a strong voice, set across two continents, exploring the universal themes of family and belonging.

When sixteen-year-old Rudra's grandmother arrives from India and a long hidden secret is dredged from the bay, life on Rudra's sleepy New South Wales village shifts dramatically and it's not long before Rudra and his mother are bound for Bengal on a journey of discovery and danger.

Rudra, the son of a fisherman, lives quietly in a small coastal town on the Central Coast of NSW. He has dealt with racism his whole life, but hasn't engaged with his Indian heritage until two events change the pattern of his days: his grandmother, his Didima, visits from India - and then while out fishing, Rudra and his dad haul up a tiger skull in their net…
Soon Rudra and his mum are on a journey to India where Rudra seeks to discover answers to questions he'd never before thought to ask.