Yinti and the hunting dingo, Spinifex, walk out of the desert together and Yinti sees a white man for the first time: "Look at that Kartiya" whispered Yinti giggling. "You can see the blood through his skin!"
When Spiniex the dingo is taken from her mother, she expects to be killed. Instead she is adopted and becomes a prizes hunting dog. She eventually accompanies her human family as they journey through the Great Sandy Desert and when Yinti leaves the desert, Spinifex goes with hiim.
The second book from the award-winning Yinti series of three books that shows Yinti's development from a young bushie to a skilled station worker and adult.