| Michael’s
recent novels for Young Adults, Hey
Joe, MAX
and Tyger Tyger
have experienced critical success and continue to be widely read and
taught in many schools. His most recent work, Hey Joe—about
the Vietnam War, the movement against it and the sixties in Australia—was
named as a Notable Book in the 2004 CBC Awards. Many of his short
stories for Younger Readers are published in the Trend/Awesome Series
including the popular titles: The Footy Coach from Hell,
Seal saves the Island and How
I got a girlfriend. Michael recently edited two senior
anthologies for the Australian Association of English Teachers (AATE),
Hunger (CBC Notable Book 2004) and ‘The
Girl who Married a Fly’ (CBC Notable Book). Both
anthologies feature popular YA Australian writers (including Michael)
and like his novels, enjoy significant sales. |
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