Jy Goes for Gold (Kimberley Kickers, #1) : a CBCA Notable Book 2025 adventure series about mates, growing up in the Kimberley and footy (Aussie Rules!)
An action-packed illustrated series for ages 8+, from the award-winning authors of Black Cockatoo and My Footy Boots.
I'm about 35 metres out from the goal and, running on instinct, I do a snap kick of the ball. I watch as the footy flies through the air.
Will it bend enough?
I can hear the roar of the crowd but my focus is on that red ball. It flies through the big white sticks.
It's a goal!
I'm Jy Farrar and the dream I had to play professional Aussie Rules footy since I was a kid in outback Halls Creek has finally come true.
Let me tell you the story of how I got here - about my mates, my family, growing up in the Kimberley around the bush and the red dirt and spinifex and goannas, playing footy and going to boarding school far away from home.
A footy adventure story based on Jy Farrar's life by award-winning authors Carl Merrison and Hakea Hustler.
AWARDS
CBCA Notable Book 2025
Kzone and Total Girl Toy Awards, Best True Story Book, 2024
Shortlisted - Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year Awards, 2025
Audiobook details
GenreChildren's Literature
Length1 hr 21 mins
Narrated byJarrod Draper
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateSep 4, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1#1
11#11
2#2
12#12
3#3
13#13
4#4
14#14
5#5
15#15
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6#6
16#16
7#7
17#17
8#8
18#18
9#9
19#19
10#10
20#20
About the author
Carl Merrison, Hakea Hustler, Jy Farrar
Carl Merrison is a respected Jaru/Kija man who came WA runner up Australian of the Year - Local Hero in 2016. He worked for over ten years alongside Aboriginal youth as a mentor and coach in education, AFL and community.
Carl, along with co-writer Hakea Hustler, is an award-winning author of the books Black Cockatoo (CBCA Young Reader Honour Book), Tracks of the Missing, Dirran, Beautiful Night, Loved You Then and My Deadly Boots.View all by Carl Merrison, Hakea Hustler, Jy Farrar
