Background
Southall, Ivan Francis was born on June 8, 1921 in Melbourne, Victoria BNA, Australia. Son of Francis Gordon and Rachel Elizabeth (Voutier) Southall.
( 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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(John Sumner is a spastic, whose over-anxious mother never...)
John Sumner is a spastic, whose over-anxious mother never allows him to take risks. Left alone for the first time, he plans a feat that would tax the endurance of any boy. The author is a winner of the Carnegie Medal and has four times won the Australian Children's Book of the Year Award.
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(During World War II, a sixteen-year-old patrols a deserte...)
During World War II, a sixteen-year-old patrols a deserted South Pacific island each night as he and other members of an Australian religious cult await the fiery end of the Earth and their deliverance.
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( 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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(The compelling sequel to The Last Demon by the same autho...)
The compelling sequel to The Last Demon by the same author. Many of the same characters are brought together for another trip through one man's version of Hell. Set twelve years later the two young girls are now grown but hanging over them is death and love.
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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.
(During World War II, a sixteen-year-old patrols a deserte...)
(Stranded by a sudden, violent storm in a remote Australia...)
( 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...)
(The compelling sequel to The Last Demon by the same autho...)
(London published Children's Fiction)
(Long Night Watch)
Retrospective exhibition State Library. Of Victoria, 1998. Author: (non-fiction) They Shall Not Pass Unseen, 1956, Journeys into Mystery, 1961, Indonesia Face to Face, 1964, Lawrence Hargrave in the Six Great Australians, 1964, Rockets in the Desert: The Story of Woomera, 1965, The Challenge: Is the Church Obsolete?, 1966, Parsons on the Track, 1961, (novels) Meet Simon Black, 1950, Hills End, 1962, Ash Road, 1965 (Children's Book of Year, Australian Children's Book Council, 1966), Let the Balloon Go, 1968, To the Wild Sky, 1968 (Children's Book of Year, Australian Children's Book Council, 1968), Sly Old Wardrobe, 1969, Bread and Honey, 1970 (Children's Book of Year, Australian Children's Book Council, 1971), Josh, 1971 (Carnegie medal Great Britain Library.
Association, 1971), Fly West, 1975 (Book of Year, 1976), The Long Night Watch, 1983 (National Children's Book award Australian Children's Book Council, 1986, Phoenix award American Library Association, 2003), Blackbird, 1988, Ziggurat, 1997.
Through Jesus' death on the cross, and his resurrection, the power of evil in the world is broken.
The state should not use its authority to promote any particular religious belief. It should allow people practice their own religious convictions.
A true Christian should help those in need, regardless of religious affiliation.
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.