Spirit of the Crocodile
A Torres Strait Island Story
$16.99
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
4 March 2025
Summary
SHORTLISTED: 2026 Australian Book Industry Awards, Book of the Year for Younger Children SHORTLISTED: 2026 CBCA Book of the Year, Younger Readers SHORTLISTED: 2026 Karajia and Environment Awards for Children’s Literature SHORTLISTED: 2025 Children’s Book Prize, Queensland Literary Awards HIGHLY COMMENDED: 2025 Prize for Children’s Literature, Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards
The crocodile’s eye…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781743317099 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1743317093 |
| Author: | Michelle Scott Tucker, Aaron Fa'Aoso, Lyn White |
| Publisher: | A&U Children's |
| Imprint: | A&U Children |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 4 March 2025 |
| Weight: | 198g |
| Dimensions: | 23mm x 198mm x 195mm |
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Critics Review
‘A vital story to understand the Torres Strait, its people and the uniquely devastating challenges they’re facing on the front-lines of the climate catastrophe. This extraordinary novel will compel all readers to get invested in the fight for our planet thanks to the terrific and tender story of community, culture, compassion and coming-of-age amidst climate change; told with humour, heart and exhilarating action!’ - Danielle Binks, bestselling author of The Year the Maps Changed
About The Author
Michelle Scott Tucker
Aaron Fa’Aoso is a Torres Strait Islander film producer, director, screenwriter and actor. In 2022 he published his memoir, called So Far So Good. Aaron is on the board of SBS and of Screen Queensland, and was the proud co-chair of the Queensland Government’s Interim Truth and Treaty Body. He holds a Masters Degree of Screen Business and Leadership, from the Australian Film Television and Radio School. He is known for his roles in RAN: Remote Area Nurse, East West 101, The Straits and Black Comedy, and as the presenter of Strait to the Plate and Going Places with Ernie Dingo. Aaron is the founder and Managing Director of film and television production company, Lone Star, whose many outputs include the documentary series Blue Water Empire, about the history of the Torres Strait Islands.
Michelle Scott Tucker is the author of Elizabeth Macarthur: A Life at the Edge of the World - a biography of the woman who established the Australian wool industry (although her husband received all the credit). Elizabeth Macarthur was shortlisted for the 2019 NSW State Library Ashurst Business Literature Prize and the 2019 CHASS Australia Book Prize. Michelle is the co-writer of Aaron Fa’Aoso’s memoir So Far, So Good. She is currently working on a biography of Louisa Lawson, to be released in 2027.
Lyn White has extensive experience as a primary school teacher-librarian and EAL teacher, and in 2010 completed postgraduate studies in Editing and Communications at the University of Melbourne. Lyn is passionate about children’s literature and has great expertise in engaging students and teachers with quality texts. Her work with refugee children motivated her to create the acclaimed Through My Eyes series of books set in contemporary war zones. Lyn went on to create and edit the Through My Eyes - Natural Disaster Zones series set around international and Australian disasters. The novels pay tribute to the courage and resilience of children who are often the most vulnerable in post-disaster situations. Lyn is a conference presenter, runs workshops based on the Through My Eyes texts and has written several articles for teacher-association journals and children’s literature magazines.
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