The Brothers Groth – Simon and Yours Truly – had an auspicious start to their collaboration with novel, Concentrate, being shortlisted in the 2009 Text Prize (although it still has yet to be contracted by a publisher…WTF).
The draft of the second B-Gro work, Wake, is underway and promises more YA lit of the highest order. Here’s a blurb:
Wake
The Brothers Groth
Skye Sandalford’s boyfriend, Clayton Drummond, is earmarked for greatness. Nineteen years old and propelled by size eighteen feet, he is the prototype of a swimming prodigy. But his destiny won’t only be defined by world records. Powered by ‘Team Drum’ – comprising career-plotting mother, Blythe, God-fearing father, Ray, and an entourage of consultants – this good looking, articulate Aussie dubbed ‘Wake’ can transcend the boundaries of sport and fire the imagination of a world paralyzed by economic and environmental gloom.
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