The Whole of the Moon
by Duncan Stuart
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He's smart, good-looking, rich, he's just won the speed-skating champs and has a terrific girlfriend. Kirk Mead has it all; including cancer. Now he has to tough it out in the biggest battle of his life. In the chemo ward at Starship Hospital Kirk finds a new family: Owen the Terrible, Stevie with the crack-up wig, and Marty the street kid. Suggested level: secondary.Tags
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A hard-hitting novel, set in Auckland mainly in the Starship Hospital. It tells the story of Kirk, whose life is going really well until a rollerblade accident reveals he has cancer. Kirk's relationships with his fellow patients is realistically drawn, particularly that with Marty, a female street kid. During the course of the book two of the patients, Owen the Terrible and Marty, die. Kirk's grief is realistically portrayed. The novel is based on the Ian Mune film of the same name.
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