On Becoming Georgie

Given Georgie’s significant health issues when she was young, combined with her prolonged hospital admissions, it’s amazing how 15-year-old Georgie copes with the pressures of being a teenager in Sydney today.
After prolonged absences from school, when younger, she is put in a “Catch up” group of students who need support. She meets a Ukrainian refugee, a First Nations boy, and a boy with chronic absenteeism. As she gets to know them she realises she is not only dealing with her own insecurities at home, but also thrust in to a world of lies, deception and challenges. She learns to cope with grief, challenging issues, and a fast-changing world.
Will Georgie make the right decision, or be swayed by forces she cannot control?
Does she become the real Georgie? This story is about choices, optimism, resilience and strength in a world which is increasingly difficult to understand, hard to negotiate, with issues we all struggle to resolve, especially teenagers. Above all, it is a story of immense hope, at a time when we all need it.