Description
"We are the storm and the stillness." Indigo Michael isn't like other kids. And her mum isn't like other mums. Life for people like them isn't meant to have meaning- it's just something to survive in whatever way you can. When her mum abandons her, Aster's Aunt Noni becomes her foster parent. Suddenly Indigo has a new 'family'- one she didn't ask for and isn't even sure she wants. Then she meets Liam. He graffiti's revolutionary words across the world, words that make Indigo want to run towards something, build something, be something. For the first time in a long time, Indigo feels she has made a genuine friend, which makes it even harder when that friendship is betrayed ...
This poignant companion novel to the CBCA Award winning Aster's Good, Right Things explores the different shapes of friendship and family, and how a girl who longs for all she's never had, learns what it means to truly belong.
Review
Indigo was first introduced in the wonderful book Aster’s Good, Right Thing, and now she gets her own story - and what an heartfelt and inspiring story it is.
After being abandoned by her mother, and being fostered by Aster’s Aunt Noni, Indigo is full of fury and a storm rages within her.
Then she meets Liam, who uses graffiti to make revolutionary statements promoting change. Indigo thinks that maybe she needs to do something that the whole world will see - maybe that will make her Mum see that she is worth loving.
But Indigo eventually comes to the understanding that, although she may not have a future with her Mum, the people that have taken her in are surrounding her with love. And Indigo's amazing artwork that she is learning how to share with the world might just lead to the future life that she so desperately craves...
Beautifully written, with themes of family in all forms, belonging, the importance of friendship, art, environmental sustainability and hope, this is a terrific and easy-to-read novel that is best suited to upper primary and lower secondary readers.
Reviewed by Rob
