the fighting stingrays  charlie, masa and alf are best mates – loyal and adventurous. they’re the fighting stingrays.<br />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.