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Jo Sandhu Jo Sandhu i(11589086 works by)
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Growing up, Jo was sure she was going to be a Shakespearean actress or a pianist, and gained her Associate Diploma in Speech and Drama. However, on leaving school she spent a year in Finland as a Rotary Exchange Student before returning to Australia and working in banking and HR.

These days she is a writer, a personal carer, and volunteers at her sons' sporting clubs. Her short stories have been highly commended in numerous competitions, including the FAW Mary Grant Bruce Award for Children’s Literature, and the CYA Later Alligator Competition (Brisbane) in both the Children’s and YA sections. She is a member of Queensland Writers Centre and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. In 2017, she was living in northern NSW

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y separately published work icon The Exile Sydney : Puffin , 2017 11589108 2017 single work children's fiction children's adventure historical fiction

'Tarin longs to be a hunter, but his twisted leg means he is feared and bullied. After a disastrous mishap, Tarin is forced to leave his family and travel alone across wild, unknown land to save the Mammoth Clan. Battling the hostile and savage Boar Clan, a deadly illness and treacherous terrain with twins Kaija and Luuka and their wolf cubs, Tarin realises that if they are all to survive he must conquer his greatest fear – his true self – and embrace the magic that is hiding within him.' (Synopsis)
2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Younger Readers
2018 winner The Readings Children’s Book Prize
2017 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Children's Division
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