Super Short Summary

That Deadman Dance by Kim Scott is a historical fiction novel set between 1826 and 1844 that tells the story of Bobby Wabalanginy, a Noongar boy who navigates the initial contact and subsequent cultural clashes between his Aboriginal community and European colonizers in Western Australia, as he grows from a carefree child into a reflective elder witnessing the effects of colonization on his land and people. The book includes sensitive topics related to colonization, disease, death, and cultural dislocation.