Gary Lonesborough

Gebundenes Buch

Ready When You Are

Beschreibung

"Jackson is a teenage boy living in the Mish, an Aboriginal community in Australia. He hangs out with his mates, has a girl who's really interested in him, and lives with a family that doesn't ask too many questions. He feels he's got everything under control...until Tomas comes along. Tomas is a mysterious boy with a troubled past who's been taken in by Jackson's aunt.Jackson's aunt and cousins come to visit, Tomas and Jackson are suddenly sharing a room-and a whole lot of tension. At first, that tension seems to come from the intrusion on Jackson's life...but then it becomes about something much deeper, and much more personal. Jackson's never let himself love before-not the way he's starting to Tomas. It's scary and confusing and acts like a secret but feels like the truth. It's not anything he's ready for-but it will take him where he needs to be...if he lets it."--

Autor

Gary Lonesborough is a Yuin man who grew up on the Far South Coast of NSW as part of a large and proud Aboriginal family. Growing up a massive Kylie Minogue and North Queensland Cowboys fan, Gary was always writing as a child, and continued his creative journey when he moved to Sydney to study at film school. Gary has experience working in Aboriginal health, the disability sector (including experience working in the Youth Justice System), and the film industry. He was Bega Valley Shire Council Young Citizen of the Year, won the Patrick White Young Indigenous Writers' Award, and has received a Copyright Agency First Nations Fellowship. Ready When You Are (published in Australia as The Boy from the Mish) is Gary's debut YA novel.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Scholastic Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Altersempfehlung: 13 bis 17 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 146mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9781338749540
• ISBN-10: 1338749544
• Artikelnr.: 61871418