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Ivan Southall

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born

June 08, 1921 in Melbourne, Australia

died

November 15, 2008

gender

male

genre

Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs

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Ivan Southall was an award-winning Australian writer of young-adult fiction and non-fiction. He was the first and still the only Australian to win the Carnegie Medal for children's literature. His books include Hills End, Ash Road, Josh, and Let the Balloon Go. Also notable is Fly West, a book of true stories based on his experiences flying in Short Sunderland flying boats during the Second World War.

Winner of the Dromkeen Medal (2003).

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Books by Ivan Southall

Average rating: 3.62 · 136 ratings · 13 reviews · 47 distinct works

	Ash Road 3.77 avg rating — 35 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Hills End 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1962 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Josh 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	To The Wild Sky 3.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Seventeen Seconds 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Let the Balloon go 3.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1968 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Finn's Folly 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	My rating:
	Matt and Jo. 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Simon Black in Space (Simon Black, #3) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1952	My rating:
	Softly Tread the Brave 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1960	My rating: