Hughes, Monica. Log Jam. Toronto: Irwin, 1987.
Opposite to what tends to happen in novels presenting similar situations written more recently, Monica Hughes Log Jam rejects the power of Aboriginality in favour of white middle-class values. The novel’s pair of intertwined narratives involve a white middle class girl with family problems and an Aboriginal boy [...]
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