Walkabout is the story of a brother and sister who are lost in the Australian desert after an air crash and survive only with the help of an Aboriginal boy. A plane crashes in the vast Northern Territory of Australia, and the only survivors are two children from Charleston, South Carolina, on their way to visit their uncle in Adelaide. Mary and her younger brother, Peter, set out on foot, lost in the vast, hot Australian outback. They decide to walk to their destination in Adelaide which, unknown to them, is across the continent. They are saved by a chance meeting with an unnamed Aboriginal boy on walkabout. He looks after the two strange white children and shows them how to find food and water in the wilderness, and yet, for all that, Mary is filled with distrust. On the surface Walkabout is an adventure story, but darker themes regarding innocence and friendship lie beneath.
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