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MVP
- MOST VALUABLE POTENTIAL was shortlisted
for Best Young Adult Book in the 2004 Queensland
Premier's Literary Awards, the judges describing
the novel as a 'sizzling and comically poignant
tale' and a 'darn good yarn that has you standing
up and cheering at the end'. Darren has recently
completed his third novel, THE
UMBILICAL WORD. It will be published in
2006.
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Darren
is also Queensland Schools Co-ordinator for War
Child Australia, a volunteer, not-for-profit
organization dedicated to providing immediate,
effective and sustainable aid to children in war
zones. In his former life, he was HPE teacher
to the students of Milpera School - Australia's
only government-run school for migrants and refugees.
Milpera served as the backdrop for MVP and demonstrated
to Darren, on a daily basis, the true meaning
of 'most valuable potential'.
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When he's
not watching Whose Line Is It Anyway? with his beautiful
Canadian wife, he's listening to Spiderbait with his
four year old twins. Darren is available for school
talks, workshops and residencies. Topics include:
Secondary
-'The
MVP in Me' - Finding Your Most Valuable Potential
-'Move Over Matthew Reilly!' - A Writing Mentor's Guide
to Making It
-'The Base-Jumping Author' - Adventures in Micro-Fiction
-'You Gotta Love This Game!' - Great, Average and Flat-Out-Stupid
Sport Stories in Literature and Film
Primary
-'You
Can Be an MVP' - How to be a Most Valuable Peacemaker
-'Fun With WordsÉBelieve It or Not!' - Creative Play
With Language
-'Helping Kids Smile Again' - The Work of War Child
-'This Playing Planet' - Traditional Children's Games
from Around the World
Staff
-'The
Literature-Friendly Student' - Thoughts of a Teacher
Turned Writer
For more
information, visit Darren's website at www.darrengroth.com
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