Phillip Gwynne’s young adult novel Deadly Unna? Explores the main protagonist Gary Black’s, “Blacky” point of view of the affects of racism, and to tell a narrative of developing a friendship with a Indigenous boy “Dumby Red”, overcoming fears, family violence and even a little bit of romance. Although Gary Black might seem to be an ordinary teenager at the start of the novel, he does have to over come the forces and fear of the modern white society throughout the book while trying to defeat the struggle of racism.

Throughout the novel, the main protagonist Gary Black “Blacky” develops an understanding of how to overcome his fears of conformity and then ultimately conquered this through his experiences of racism and family violence. This is