Oh Brother

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Every kid is shaped by their family - but not every kid has a brother like Rob. In this bright and thoughtful middle-grade graphic memoir, debut cartoonist Georgina Chadderton examines the fun and difficult parts of growing up alongside her nonverbal autistic brother. So much is changing in Gina's life. Her family is moving, she's about to start high school, and her brother Rob just clambered out his playroom window and raided the new neighbour's fridge! This coming-of-age memoir explores the lived experience of being a sibling of someone with high support needs. As a nonverbal autistic boy with an intellectual disability, Rob doesn't communicate his thoughts and feelings like most people do. Despite the complications that come with that, the Chadderton family has never failed to show each other kindness and love. But as Gina begins to navigate high school, she wonders whether Rob's antics might scare off her new friend, Callie. Then again, maybe Gina's own anxieties are enough to drive Callie away! Compassionate, informative, and emotionally nuanced, Oh Brother is a heartfelt story about the good days and bad days that come with growing up with someone who will always need substantial support. It's about friendship, family, disability, and the power of Vegemite toast.

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Georgina Chadderton (she/they) is an awkward yet friendly Australian cartoonist with an undying love of eating snacks, drinking green tea, patting dogs and playing roller derby. Although Georgina has been published all over the globe, Oh Brother is her first full-length graphic novel. When they're not making comics, Georgina co-directs Papercuts Comics Festival, runs comics-making workshops and reads comics by their favourite comics makers (basically, it's all comics, all the time). Georgina lives on Kaurna Yerta (Adelaide) in South Australia with her partner Owen and their distressingly large collection of books. Find out more at www.georgerexcomics.com