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'Charlie, Masa and Alf are best mates – loyal and adventurous. They’re the Fighting Stingrays.
'In between school, swimming and fishing on idyllic Thursday Island, they have a ripper time role-playing bombing missions and other war games. But when Japan enters World War II, the Fighting Stingrays are told that one of their own is now the real-life enemy.
'Drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse in the Torres Strait, their friendship and loyalties are tested as the threat of invasion looms closer.' (Synopsis)
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- 2018 winner New South Wales Premier's History Prize — Young People's History Prize
- 2018 CBCA Book of the Year Awards — Notable Book — Younger Readers
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- Thursday Island, Torres Strait Islands, Queensland,
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