This is a story about a boy called Pender and a kangaroo called
Brindabella, about how they became friends, and all the things that
happened to them because of it.
Pender and his father live in an old house made of honey-colored stone
in the bush by the river, with only the company of his father's
paintings and the loyal dog, Billy-Bob. Then, on one winter morning, a
gunshot among the trees changes everything. When Pender rescues
Brindabella from the pouch of her murdered mother, an unusual friendship
blossoms between the lonely boy and the orphaned joey. But Brindabella
is no ordinary kangaroo. And though Pender has saved her life, the
untameable wildness of the bush--and freedom--call to her . . . Lyrical
and unforgettable, Brindabella explores the brutal beauty of the
Australian bush.