The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf

Stuck in bed on a sick day, lungs overloaded by heat and pollen and smoke, I fell into a story and inhaled the book in a day – The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf, by Ambelin Kwaymullina.

FIrst cool thing: the author is aboriginal Australian (Palyku, to be precise), and I’m delighted to read voices I don’t usually hear from.

Second cool thing: it’s ecofiction, which I also haven’t read enough of.

Third cool thing: an aboriginal influence to the powers that was intriguing and convincing.

This is YA dystopian fiction, in a world somewhat reminiscent of The Hunger Games, although taken in an entirely different direction. I fell into the story and didn’t emerge until I was finished, and find myself still returning. Now I just need to convince the library to buy the rest of the series.

Maureen