Making the Team: Deadly D and Justice Jones (book 1), WINNER aEURO 2013 black&write! kuril dhagun Indigenous Writing Fellowship WINNER aEURO 2014 Speech Pathology Australia Indigenous Children’s Book of the Year

Eleven - year - old Dylan has to move from Mt Isa to Brisbane and he’s not happy. But as soon as he gets toA Flatwater State School he finds a former Mount Isa Miner’s footy supporter in his principal and a ‘BroncosA tragic’ as a teacher. He also makes a friend in Justice Jones and an enemy in Jared Knutz. Dylan is cursedA with an abnormality transforming him into a fully - grown man whenever he gets angry. Always a worry, theA ‘curse’ proves to be a blessing in the city when his alter ego attracts the interest of the Broncos during a classA excursion to watch the team train. Dylan becomes ‘Deadly D’ - a star player with the fire to rival even theA great Prince! But how will he continue to keep the ‘curse’ a secret?