Darren Groth Darren Groth i(A75838 works by) (birth name: Darren Michael Groth)
Born: Established: 1969 Brisbane, Queensland, ;
Gender: Male
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Darren Groth has been a teacher at Milpera State High School, Brisbane, a state secondary school which provides English language, school preparation and settlement services to prepare newly arrived immigrant and overseas fee-paying students for participation in schools around the Brisbane area. In March 1999, he was the recipient of a Mentorship awarded by Australian Society of Authors for the manuscript Most Valuable Potential. In 2010, Groth was living in Canada, where he is still based as of 2018.

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y separately published work icon Munro vs. the Coyote Canada : Orca Books , 2017 14552210 2017 single work novel young adult

'Since the sudden death of his younger sister, Evie, sixteen-year-old Munro Maddux has been having flashbacks and anger-management issues. He has a constant ache in his right hand. And there's a taunting, barking, biting voice he calls "the Coyote." Munro knows a six-month student exchange will not be the stuff of teenage dreams, but in Brisbane he intends to move beyond his troubled past. It is there, at an assisted living residence called Fair Go Community Village, that Munro discovers the Coyote can be silenced.

'Munro volunteers as a "Living Partner" and gets to know the team of residents he is assigned to. The burden Munro carries, however, is not so easily cast aside. When one of the team makes the decision to leave, the Coyote gets a new life. When a second resident is taken away, the specter of trauma and death looms larger than ever.

'Will Munro learn how to silence the voice? Or will the Coyote ultimately triumph?'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2018 finalist Canadian Children's Book Centre Awards Amy Mathers Teen Book Award
y separately published work icon Are You Seeing Me? North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2014 7585290 2014 single work novel young adult

'This road trip will have earth-shattering consequences . . .

'Twins Justine and Perry are about to embark on the road trip of a lifetime in the Pacific Northwest.

'It's been a year since they watched their dad lose his battle with cancer. Now, at only nineteen, Justine is the sole carer for her disabled brother. But with Perry having been accepted into an assisted-living residence, their reliance on each other is set to shift. Before they go their separate ways, they're seeking to create the perfect memory.

'For Perry, the trip is a glorious celebration of his favourite things: mythical sea monsters, Jackie Chan movies and the study of earthquakes.

'For Justine, it's a chance to reconcile the decision to ‘free' her twin, to see who she is without her boyfriend, Marc – and to offer their mother the chance to atone for past wrongs.

'But the instability that has shaped their lives will not subside, and the seismic event that Perry forewarned threatens to reduce their worlds to rubble . . . ' (Publication summary)

2016 shortlisted Western Australian Premier's Book Awards Young Adults
2015 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards Young Adults' Fiction
2015 shortlisted Queensland Literary Awards Griffith University Young Adult Book Award
2015 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
2015 shortlisted CBCA Book of the Year Awards Book of the Year: Older Readers
2015 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Older Readers
2016 winner Festival Awards for Literature (SA) Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature South Australian Literary Awards Young Adult Fiction
2015 selected White Ravens
2018 shortlisted REAL Awards Fiction for Years 7-9
y separately published work icon MVP : Most Valuable Potential Maleny : Ninderry Press , 2003 Z1081785 2003 single work novel young adult

Ex-basketball professional, Sean Watson, is appointed to coach students from non-English speaking backgrounds at a new school. The Milpera school encourages students to develop language skills in order to be able to attend mainstream schools. Sean establishes dialogue with the students around the plight of refugees in Australia, love and loss, puberty, language and cultural differences, and leads the team to compete in the Pepsi Cup Challenge for basketball.

2004 shortlisted Queensland Premier's Literary Awards Best Young Adult Book
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