Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Book Tropes
Queer Romance + weitere
Altersempfehlung
14 - 18 Jahr(e)
Erscheinungsdatum
05.08.2021
Verlag
Murdoch BooksSeitenzahl
288
Maße (L/B/H)
19,3/12,8/2,5 cm
Gewicht
256 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-911679-05-9
SHORTLISTED: 2022 CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers
SHORTLISTED: 2022 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards, Indigenous Writing Prize
SHORTLISTED: 2022 NSW Premier's Literary Award, Indigenous Writers' Prize
SHORTLISTED: 2022 Adelaide Festival Awards, Young Adult Fiction Award
SHORTLISTED: 2021 QLD Literary Awards, Griffith University Young Adult Book Award
'I don't paint so much anymore,' I say, looking to my feet.
'Oh. Well, I got a boy who needs to do some art. You can help him out,' Aunty Pam says, like I have no say in the matter, like she didn't hear what I just said about not painting so much anymore. 'Jackson, this is Tomas. He's living with me for a little while.'
It's a hot summer, and life's going all right for Jackson and his family on the Mish. It's almost Christmas, school's out, and he's hanging with his mates, teasing the visiting tourists, avoiding the racist boys in town. Just like every year, Jackson's Aunty and annoying little cousins visit from the city - but this time a mysterious boy with a troubled past comes with them... As their friendship evolves, Jackson must confront the changing shapes of his relationships with his friends, family and community. And he must face his darkest secret - a secret he thought he'd locked away for good.
Compelling, honest and beautifully written, The Boy from the Mish is about first love, identity, and the superpower of self-belief.
'The Boy from the Mish is an extraordinary debut novel, and I loved this tender, beautiful story with all my heart. Jackson and Tomas stole my heart, and I'll be thinking about them for a long time.' NINA KENWOOD
'A lightning bolt to the soul. The Boy from the Mish announces a bold, necessary new talent.' WILL KOSTAKIS
'How I wish I had this big-hearted book when I was a teenager. It would've changed my life. Let it change yours.' BENJAMIN LAW
'It is, honestly, a book I've been searching for over my whole career as an editor, as well as all my years as a (queer) reader. I'm not ashamed to say that it made me cry (repeatedly) and awed me with the power of its storytelling.' DAVID LEVITHAN, Scholastic US Editorial Director
'A deftly woven tale that is both a raw, unflinching look at the experience of growing up gay and Aboriginal, and a sweet, truly endearing love story you just can't turn away from. This is Own Voices storytelling at its best.' HOLDEN SHEPPARD
'Honest. Funny. Beautiful. This book is all the things.' GABBIE STROUD
'What an amazing work Gary Lonesborough has launched into the world. It's bound to launch him into the stratosphere. This story will lighten and enrich the life of many.' JARED THOMAS
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