Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
Posted by Sadie , Tuesday, June 22, 2010 4:23 AM
Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley will be released August 2010, and has no cover art as of yet.
Lucy is looking for Shadow, the anonymous artist who decorates Melbourne's city in his art, with his partner in crime Poet. On the last day of year 12, Lucy, Jazz and Daisy decide to join Ed, Leo and Dylan on a hunt to find Shadow, the man of Lucy's dreams. Jazz and Leo hit it off right away, and he tells her poetry, Dylan and Daisey have been dating for years, and Lucy and Ed, well... Lucy once broke his nose on a date. For these six, can one night, one lie and a whole lot of art help them find what they are looking for?
First things first... Its set in Melbourne!! As a Melbournian this means Graffiti Moon gets a bit more love then books about any other city. I have read two books set in my home town, Beatle Meets Destiny by GabrielleWilliams, which is still one of my favourite books, and now Graffiti Moon, which is another stand out. Unique to Graffiti Moon is that it all takes place over just one night, and for this to work, it has been very well planned out and the plot is fantastic. There are three speakers, Lucy, Ed and Poet, personally I loved Poets interludes of poetry at random points. The over laying of moments as well was a highlight, as Lucy would describe an event to us and then we would hear Ed's version of events, it was nice to see a boys point of a view of their issues as so often it would only be the girls point of view and opinions.
What I really loved about this novel is the use of art, and Ed and Lucy's descriptions of how art makes them feel and how Shadows work affects Lucy, and how much Ed loves and is affected by art no matter how he hides it. Unfortunately I can't really go to much further into the story with out removing your opportunity to read and love this book for yourselves. Suffice to say that each of the six main characters have a great deal of depth, and after reading serial offenders of the one-dimensional-character, to have 6 fully developed characters with an array of faults and a real since of personality was truly what made me enjoy Graffiti Moon so much more.
In a word, this book is Real.
Beatle Meets Destiny by Gabrielle Williams, is available anywhere that sells books.
Oh I really like the sound of this! I'll have to keep my eyes open for it :)