''To the Wild Sky'' (1967) is a novel for children by Australian author

Ivan Southall Ivan Francis Southall AM, DFC (8 June 192115 November 2008) was an Australian writer best known for young adult fiction. He wrote more than 30 children's books, six books for adults, and at least ten works of history, biography or other non-fi ...

, illustrated by Jennifer Tuckwell. It won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1968.Austlit - ''To the Wild Sky'' by Ivan Southall
/ref> The novel is a prequel to ''A City Out of Sight'' by Ivan Southall, published in 1984.

Plot outline

Six children, travelling to visit an outback station by plane, are thrown into crisis when their pilot suddenly dies mid-flight. One of the children successfully lands the plane and the children then find themselves having to survive.

Critical reception

In her review of the novel in ''The Canberra Times'' Daphne Fisher stated: "This is a book that should prove to be generally popular. Mr Southall writes in accordance with Maugham's dictum that a story should have a beginning, a middle and an end; but more than this, he is to be commended for remembering that children, as well as adults, have sufficient intelligence to both comprehend and appreciate an idea which does not depend merely on the happenings in a fictional narrative."

Notes

The novel was republished in 2014 by Text Publishing as part of their "Text Classics" series of Australian novels.Text Publishing - ''To the Wild Sky'' by Ivan Southall
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:To the Wild Sky 1967 Australian novels Australian children's novels Novels set in Australia CBCA Children's Book of the Year Award-winning works 1967 children's books Novels about survival skills Angus & Robertson books Children's books set in Australia Children's books about aviation

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