Gravity by Scott Gardner
Once again Scott Gardner has produced a wonderful, readable book for boys about real life and real relationships. I find it amazing that our reluctant readers enjoy his books so much. After all the books are about people, not action, and most of them are well over the page count that these boys are usually willing to tackle.
This book opens with Adam celebrating a footy win, as most kids in the country do, with too much drink. After the celebrations are over he starts the two hour drive home, and nearly makes it before the ute leaves the road. The copper finds him, breath tests, and Adam is asked to drop his license into the station the next day. Instead Adam runs, heading off to Melbourne to find his mother who left the family a few months before.
Gravity is about running away and coming home. It’s about finding the courage to change what you can’t face. It’s about identifying your true friends. And it is about facing responsibilities. Unusual themes in a book that boys 15+ want to read.
May 21st, 2007 at 1:20 am
Fantastic book to read about some difficult situations.