Only Two by Jackie Randall
About Jackie Randall
Jackie Randall has been writing MG and YA historical fiction for 15 years. Her two novels are self-published and include Emelin (MG 2016) that was included in the Victorian Premier’s Reading Challenge, and Only Two (YA 2023), plus her short story The Aria of the Ocean in the Wombat Books anthology Dust Makers (YA 2022).
Jackie’s works have been shortlisted in the 2017 Ampersand Prize and the 2017 CBCA Aspiring Writers Mentorship. In 2020, she was one of the winners of the ASA Award Mentorship Program. Originally from England, Jackie now lives on a property north of Sydney.
About Only Two
It’s 1878 and Eva Carmichael is excited to begin her new life in Australia. Her parents and five of her siblings are with her on board the Loch Ard from London, which after three months at sea is just one day’s sail from Melbourne.
But late into that last night, the Loch Ard strikes rocks and sinks and all perish except Eva and a midshipman, Tom Pearce.
These teenagers face a gritty struggle for survival on the wreckage-strewn shore of a remote gorge.
Yet, after a dramatic rescue by a local farmer, the two young people find they must then tackle grief and growth as overnight they become inspirational but unwilling heroes across Australia and around the world.
