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Score: 8.0/10  [1 review]
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ProdID: 874 - The Blue Lawn
Written by William Taylor

The Blue Lawn
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David is soon to turn 16. He is a talented rugby player, but rugby is losing its appeal and he decides to give it up, much to the disappointment of his Dad and coach. Theo is just slightly older and is new to town, staying with his grandmother while his mother is overseas. The boys become firm friends and it is not long before they realise there is more to their friendship.

First published in 1994, 'The Blue Lawn' is a compassionate novel about two young men as they deal with their emerging homosexuality. 'The Blue Lawn' won the 1995 AIM Children's Senior Fiction award and has just been reissued as a Collins Modern New Zealand Classic.

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Review by: diogenes (Rob)
Dated: 15th of February, 2006

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This Review: 8.0/10
Value for Money:
Score 7 out of 10
Level of Realism:
Score 8 out of 10
Rereadability:
Score 8 out of 10
Lose Track of Time:
Score 9 out of 10

Had I been out to buy a book and read the back of the cover of this book I would have put it down straight away. Books about relationships are really not my area of interest, and certainly a book about a blossoming gay relationship would interest me even less.

So, upon seeing this book and beginning to read it, I began to see it was far more than just about a relationship between two boys, but also a relationship between parent and child, brother and sister, friends and family, and finally a relationship between a boy and an old woman.

This book can be read on many levels and although I think I missed the homosexual relationship between the two boys, what stood out for me was the relationship between one boy and the other boy's grandmother and the story of the grandmother's life.

As a personal choice for a book? Probably not. Would I reread it? Almost certainly. I think it will be the sort of book I would bring out to read to my daughter at a later date, because it is less about gay relationships, and more about relationships in general.

The author has written a clear story and has developed each character well. The personality of the characters in the book stand out and are believable as a commentary of small town New Zealand. The story jumps from the page and compels the reader to finish the book. Although it is something I would generally not have chosen to read, I did feel the need to finish the book. William Taylor truely has written a modern classic for New Zealand.

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