Will by Maria Boyd
Now to attack the backlog. In the past 5 months I have been reading madly, but never finding the time to review.
Ages ago I read this book, and really enjoyed it. OK so the plot is stale and the characters more like caricatures, but still…
This plot is simple to relate. Bad boy always in trouble finds purpose and redemption through the school musical. Really, that is it. Another one.
What rescues this book from mediocrity is the fact that some of the characters ring true. Will is not bad, he is just unthinking. Putting him in a leadership position forces him to grow up. Finally he learns that every decision has a consequence, and that is not a bad lesson to learn when one is young. Also the situations that Will finds himself in seem very natural, from mooning the girl’s school bus, to rescuing a year 7 from a rubbish bin. And by the way, I applaud the choice of musical. Many authors would choose something like West Side Story, or Evita nearly impossible for children to sing. Maria Boyd avoided that trap.
So in spite of the tired plot, this book was actually worth the time spent reading it.
