The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf (2014)

Ashala and other young people labelled Illegals have built a refuge in the Firstwood, while the state seeks to control their abilities and memories. Kwaymullina, a Palyku writer from Western Australia, challenges an official account of order through relationships with a living world. Choose this young-adult series opener for its conflict over who is entitled to define belonging and whose knowledge counts. It combines speculative science with fantasy, and its revelations work best without a detailed synopsis.