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December Boys
When a group of close friends leaves the dusty Australian outback orphanage where they've grown up for a summer holiday together at the coast, their future is full of possibilities. But the chance that one of them, just one, might gain a realy family to live with calls everything they thought they knew about themselves and each other into question.
Paperback, 240 pages
Published
August 24th 2007
by Catnip
(first published January 30th 1994)
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Interesting to read this book which is considered quite a classic Australian teenage novel about 5 orphans who spend 2 months on the beach as a holiday from their dreary outback Catholic orphanage. They believe that 1 of them will be adopted at the end of the holiday, so they each try to make sure that they are the chosen one. This leads to competition between the boys and a breakdown in their friendships and support of each other. Some thought provoking issues are raised, but the story is le...more
i expected so much more from this, i guess i thought because it was made into a movie it would have been amazing, so i was slightly disappointed. i found it was really difficult to get into. the ending was pretty good though.
it was a great experience for me to learn something about life through children's eye and l really like the writting style of Michael Nonan.. :)
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hee... rada membosankan... beda dg filmnya :p
I reserved a conclusion about how I felt until I finished this book, and I'm glad I did. Eventually (before I got to the end), I figured out what was going to happen and what that meant for the five boys who are the "December boys" as well as for the rest of the people in the town. A very good novel; some background information about Australia and its role in WWII might be helpful for some people, as that is important to the time period and the setting in which the story takes place.
I found out about this book because my favorite actor was announced to be staring in it (Mr. Daniel Radcliffe). I'm not sorry to have read it. They did alter the story in film by making Maps older then the other boys (to secure the involvement of Dan Radcliffe) and they included a love interest for a now sixteen-year-old Maps by way of Lucy, and it worked. The book is one thing, and the film is another. Both were incredibly beautiful.
Uggh, this was hard to get through. I know it's supposed to be this amazing coming-of-age story in Australia, but I found myself skimming just to follow the plot line and get through it as quickly as possible so I could start reading The Golden Compass, which I then read in 24 hours.
i love this book also. it's a really good coming of age story because you can learn about life through children's eye. i learned that you shouldn't take what you have and your family for granted because they're people in the world that doesn't have anything
The plot of The December Boys was not incredibly interesting, but it was very well-written and the characters were great. I'd recommend it!
the movie was much more better
It reminded me how silly I am when I was at their age. Furthermore, it's touching and I cant really put it down
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