
By Maxine Beneba Clarke, Van Thanh Rudd (Illustrator)
In a desert village, siblings craft a unique bike for wild adventures.
In a remote village by the no-go desert, siblings transform everyday items into a one-of-a-kind bike. With tin-can handlebars and wood-cut wheels, they race over sand hills, past their exasperated mum, and through their mud-walled home. What adventures await on this patchwork creation?
When you live in a village at the edge of the no-go desert, you need to make your own fun. That’s when you and your brothers get inventive and build a bike from scratch, using everyday items like an old milk pot (maybe Mum is still using it, maybe not) and a used flour sack. You can even make a license plate from bark if you want. The end result is a spectacular bike, perfect for whooping and laughing as you bumpetty bump over sand hills, past your fed-up mum and right through your mud-for-walls home.
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