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A01=Gary Lonesborough
Aboriginal
Author_Gary Lonesborough
award-winning author
Books for kids aged 14
Boy from the Mish
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Category=YFB
coming of age
coming out
community
contemporary
courage
dating
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family
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First Nations Australians
friendship
gay
hardship
idenity
Indigenous
injustice
justice
LGBTQIA+
love
LoveOzYA
parental expectations
police brutality
queer
queerness
racism
resilience
teenage boys
truth-telling
white power
Product details
- ISBN 9781761182174
- Weight: 230g
- Dimensions: 128 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 03 Mar 2026
- Publisher: Allen & Unwin
- Publication City/Country: AU
- Product Form: Paperback
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'An addictive read - compelling and completely enthralling - Gary Lonesborough has created another powerful story.' - Magpies
As we step into the shopping centre car park, white spray-paint on the orange brick wall catches my eye. Two council workers in high-vis shirts are on ladders, scrubbing away the faded words: WHITE POWER.
In the idyllic coastal town of Carraway's Point, four Aboriginal boys grew up together on Chopin Drive, carefree and close. But they drifted apart in high school, and everything changed forever the night Brandon was killed by a white cop.
Now racial tension is brewing, and each boy must wrestle with grief and their own complicated lives.
Kallum has lost his sport scholarship and must return from Sydney.
Jordy contends with family responsibilities and a closeted boyfriend.
Dylan was the only witness to Brandon's death, and he must testify in court.
Struggling to contain their emotions and process the murder of their friend, Kallum, Jordy and Dylan must navigate explosive events in a way that opens up a future they can't yet see.
A searing and unputdownable YA novel from acclaimed award-winning author Gary Lonesborough.
'... [a] powerful story exploring events that draw young men together and drive them apart.' - Books+Publishing
As we step into the shopping centre car park, white spray-paint on the orange brick wall catches my eye. Two council workers in high-vis shirts are on ladders, scrubbing away the faded words: WHITE POWER.
In the idyllic coastal town of Carraway's Point, four Aboriginal boys grew up together on Chopin Drive, carefree and close. But they drifted apart in high school, and everything changed forever the night Brandon was killed by a white cop.
Now racial tension is brewing, and each boy must wrestle with grief and their own complicated lives.
Kallum has lost his sport scholarship and must return from Sydney.
Jordy contends with family responsibilities and a closeted boyfriend.
Dylan was the only witness to Brandon's death, and he must testify in court.
Struggling to contain their emotions and process the murder of their friend, Kallum, Jordy and Dylan must navigate explosive events in a way that opens up a future they can't yet see.
A searing and unputdownable YA novel from acclaimed award-winning author Gary Lonesborough.
'... [a] powerful story exploring events that draw young men together and drive them apart.' - Books+Publishing
Gary Lonesborough is a Yuin writer, who grew up on the Far South Coast of NSW as part of a large and proud Aboriginal family. 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 youth work, Aboriginal health, child protection, the disability sector (including experience working in the youth justice system) and the film industry. His young adult novels, The Boy from the Mish, We Didn't Think It Through, and I'm Not Really Here have been shortlisted for numerous awards.
