"When Spinifex, a dingo pup, is taken from her mother, she expects to be killed. Instead she is adopted and becomes a prized hunting dog, accompanying her human family on their journeys through the Great Sandy Desert. When the boy Yinti decides to leave the desert to find out about station life, Spinifex goes with him. But nothing has prepared her for the world of cattle, cars and planes in which she suddenly finds herself. Spinifex panics!"--Back cover
Analysis
juvenile Nonfiction
Notes
Text, Pat Lowe; illustrations, Jimmy Pike
Audience
Children and primary school students
Notes
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards : Children's Books, 1998 winner