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The Blue Lawn

by William Taylor · 1999

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David is 15 and the star player of his school's rugby team. Sixteen-year-old Theo is an outsider, not altogether likable, and not particularly interested in making friends. Initial hostility turns to an unlikely friendship, masking a growing attraction neither boy understands. A powerful novel of relationships, set against the backdrop of a small New Zealand town, exploring the complicated emotions of two young men who don't yet understand what they are feeling and have nowhere to turn for help.

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Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisNew ZealandNew ZealandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
young adult
Length
short · 120 pages

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