Also writes as: S. Mitchell
Born: Established: 1979 ;
Gender:
Male
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BiographyHistory
Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2011 recipient Australia Council Grants, Awards and Fellowships Develop and promote a creative writing business specialising in children's and young adult fiction
- 2008 May Gibbs Children's Literature Trust Fellowship
Awards for Works
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The Fighting Stingrays
Melbourne
:
Penguin Books
,
2017
11617727
2017
single work
children's fiction
war literature
historical fiction
'Charlie, Masa and Alf are best mates – loyal and adventurous. They’re the Fighting Stingrays.
'In between school, swimming and fishing on idyllic Thursday Island, they have a ripper time role-playing bombing missions and other war games. But when Japan enters World War II, the Fighting Stingrays are told that one of their own is now the real-life enemy.
'Drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse in the Torres Strait, their friendship and loyalties are tested as the threat of invasion looms closer.' (Synopsis)
- 2018 winner New South Wales Premier's History Prize New South Wales History Prize — Young People's History Prize
- 2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Younger Readers
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