I'm Not Really Here
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1761180762
ISBN-13
9781761180767
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Imprint
A&U Children
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 3rd, 2024
Print length
384 Pages
Weight
292 grams
Dimensions
19.90 x 13.10 x 2.50 cms
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A wonderful coming-of-age queer romance from the multi award-winning author of The Boy from the Mish. Jonah is the new kid in a country town. When he joins the local footy team to be closer to his crush, Harley, it feels like a fresh start - but he still has to navigate new friendships, an unresolved past, and the same body image issues he's always had.
SHORTLISTED: 2025 CBCA Book of the Year, Older Readers
SHORTLISTED: 2025 Victorian Premier''s Literary Awards, Writing for Young Adults
''A moving coming-of-age story with so much heart. For readers who enjoyed Heartstopper.'' BOOKS & PUBLISHING
Footsteps approach behind me. I turn and see an Aboriginal boy arriving at the doorway. He''s tall, taller than me. He''s got curly hair. His body is fit. His chest is chiselled and bare and he''s wearing only football shorts.
When 17-year-old Jonah arrives in a new town - Patience - with his dad and younger brothers, it feels like a foreign place. A new town means he needs to make new friends - which isn''t always easy. Especially when he''s wrestling with his body image, and his memories of his mother.
When he joins the local footy team so he can spend more time with his new crush, Harley, he feels like he''s moving closer to something good. But even though he knows what he wants, it doesn''t mean he''s ready.
Emotionally compelling, honest and warm, I''m Not Really Here is a beautiful novel about navigating family and friendships, and finding a way through grief towards love, from an internationally acclaimed bestselling Indigenous author.
Praise for Gary Lonesborough
''What a revelation this young writer is. He is doing something no other male First Nations novelist has attempted: the YA Blak queer genre that is a glimpse into another world view, at once confronting yet heartwarming.'' - AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW [We Didn''t Think it Through]
''A lightning bolt to the soul. The Boy from the Mish announces a bold, necessary new talent.'' WILL KOSTAKIS
SHORTLISTED: 2025 Victorian Premier''s Literary Awards, Writing for Young Adults
''A moving coming-of-age story with so much heart. For readers who enjoyed Heartstopper.'' BOOKS & PUBLISHING
Footsteps approach behind me. I turn and see an Aboriginal boy arriving at the doorway. He''s tall, taller than me. He''s got curly hair. His body is fit. His chest is chiselled and bare and he''s wearing only football shorts.
When 17-year-old Jonah arrives in a new town - Patience - with his dad and younger brothers, it feels like a foreign place. A new town means he needs to make new friends - which isn''t always easy. Especially when he''s wrestling with his body image, and his memories of his mother.
When he joins the local footy team so he can spend more time with his new crush, Harley, he feels like he''s moving closer to something good. But even though he knows what he wants, it doesn''t mean he''s ready.
Emotionally compelling, honest and warm, I''m Not Really Here is a beautiful novel about navigating family and friendships, and finding a way through grief towards love, from an internationally acclaimed bestselling Indigenous author.
Praise for Gary Lonesborough
''What a revelation this young writer is. He is doing something no other male First Nations novelist has attempted: the YA Blak queer genre that is a glimpse into another world view, at once confronting yet heartwarming.'' - AUSTRALIAN BOOK REVIEW [We Didn''t Think it Through]
''A lightning bolt to the soul. The Boy from the Mish announces a bold, necessary new talent.'' WILL KOSTAKIS
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