Gracey (novel)

Gracey (9780702226106)[1] is a young adult novel written by Australian author James Moloney and first published in 1994 by University of Queensland Press.

James Moloney wrote about his reasons for writing Gracey:After Dougy, I didn't intend to keep the story going.... For young black kids in their late teens and early twenties, there were few opportunities - for jobs, for esteem in the community, for access to the things that most young men want such as a car, a bit of money in the pocket, a bit of excitement.

This leads into a cycle of helplessness and then hopelessness, often getting them into trouble with the law for mainly petty offences.I thought Raymond might go the same way ... Gracey had gone off to a boarding school and started to wonder whether she would lose her identity.

[5]Gracey and her friend Angela are spending their last holidays in Cunningham with her brothers Dougy and Raymond.

Gracey is at first disinterested as she wants to fit in and be a part of the 'white community', but further research reveals the origin of the bones Dougy found.