Background
Southall, Ivan Francis was born on June 8, 1921 in Melbourne, Victoria BNA, Australia. Son of Francis Gordon and Rachel Elizabeth (Voutier) Southall.
( When the Egret's pilot dies suddenly mid-flight, six te...)
When the Egret's pilot dies suddenly mid-flight, six teenagers, the only passengers, face a terrifying situation. Gerald has had some flying lessons, but has never flown alone and never landed a plane. Lost and afraid, they fly on as the fuel gauge drops and night closes in. If they do somehow land safely how will they find their way home? To the Wild Sky follows Ash Road and Hills End in Ivan Southall's acclaimed trilogy of novels about teenagers who must rely on their wits to survive. Ivan Southall was the first Australian to be awarded the Carnegie Medal.
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( Winner of the New York Times Book Review Children's Boo...)
Winner of the New York Times Book Review Children's Book of the Year, 1966. Commended title, American Library Association, 1966. 'The author has the power to get inside his characters.'The New York Times 'Conveys with insight the reactions, fears, perplexities, ignorances and behavior of children in a real adult world.' Washington Post The novel is a chronicle of fire and panic, of intense and remarkable perception, and of almost inexhaustibly vivid descriptive language unforgettable.’ Wall St Journal The description of the fire and the atmosphere of the day are so vividly described deservedly classic story.’ ReadPlus It's hot and dry on Ash Road, where three boys taste their first independence, camping without adults. When they accidentally light a bushfire, none could guess how far it would go. They are forced to face the consequences with only each other to depend on. Ivan Southall was Australia's first recipient of the Carnergie Medal. An icon of children's literature, he wrote over sixty books. He died in 2008.
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Southall, Ivan Francis was born on June 8, 1921 in Melbourne, Victoria BNA, Australia. Son of Francis Gordon and Rachel Elizabeth (Voutier) Southall.
Educated, public schools, Victoria.
Writer since 1947; Whitall. Lecturer, Library of Congress 1973. May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecturer 1974.
Australian Children’s Book of the Year.
( When the Egret's pilot dies suddenly mid-flight, six te...)
(John Sumner is a spastic, whose over-anxious mother never...)
( Winner of the New York Times Book Review Children's Boo...)
Foundation president Knoxbrooke Day Training Center for Intellectually Handicapped, Victoria, 1967—1969.
Married Joy Blackburn, September 8, 1945. Children: Andrew John, Roberta Joy, Elizabeth Rose, Melissa Frances. Married Susan Helen Westerlund, November 11, 1976.