Georgina Young Georgina Young i(16444216 works by)
Gender: Female
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Georgina Young is a writer and designer from Melbourne. Her debut novel won the Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing in 2019, and was published in August 2020.

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y separately published work icon Bootstrap Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2022 23602787 2022 single work novel

'Jackson Sweeney is stewing in his tiny hometown, feeling stuck as he spends his days working at Al’s Takeaway and fending off homophobic losers. His childhood friend Marnie returns to Ginsborough on her family’s annual visit, but she’s reeling from a break-up and is determined to lie low. After all, nothing ever happens in this part of the world.

'But then one night an odd-looking stranger shows up: he has long black hair, a leather trench coat and the improbable name of Bootstrap. What’s more, he says he’s here to see the night Jackson Sweeney becomes a hero.

'Soon, Sweeney and Marnie find themselves swept up in an adventure they never could have dreamt of—with a fugitive from the future.

'Both a thrilling race against time and a witty contemporary love story, Bootstrap is the genre-bending new novel from the brilliant Georgina Young.' (Publication summary)

2022 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction Science Fiction Division Novel
y separately published work icon Loner Melbourne : Text Publishing , 2020 19599541 2020 single work novel young adult

'Lona has dropped out of art school and no one is quite sure why, least of all Lona. It’s just that nothing in her life seems to make sense anymore, including art. She spends her days sneaking into the darkroom at her old school to develop photographs and her nights DJ-ing at the local roller disco.

'Her aimlessness terrifies her, but everyone else appears oblivious to her fears: her parents are bewildered by her sudden lack of ambition, her brother is preoccupied with his new girlfriend, and her best friend Tab seems to be drifting away. Even a budding relationship with a bass-playing, cello-shredding med student isn’t enough to shake her existential angst.

'Lona knows it’s up to her to figure out what she wants to do with her life: the problem is, she has absolutely no idea where to start.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2021 shortlisted Prime Minister's Literary Awards Young Adults' Fiction
2021 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature
2021 CBCA Book of the Year Awards Notable Book Older Readers
2021 winner APA Book Design Awards Best Designed Young Adult Book designed by Imogen Stubbs
2021 longlisted Indie Awards Young Adult
2019 winner Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing
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