Touch Me (novel)

Touch Me (novel)

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author = James Moloney
cover_artist = Peter Evans
country = Australia
language = English
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genre = Young adult novel
publisher = University of Queensland Press
release_date = 2000
pages = 243 pp
isbn = ISBN 0702231517
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"Touch Me" (2000) is a novel written by award-winning Australian author James Moloney.

It was published in April 2000 by University of Queensland Press, an Australian publishing company.

It tells the story of an Australian boy named Xavier McLachlan, who is going through his last year of high school and learns various lessons through a series of adverse experiences.

Plot summary

This is the plot summary as it appears on the cover of the 2007 edition of "Touch Me", containing an extract of dialogue:

"When can I hold you, then?" He whispered. "I want to. I..." He was going to say I love you but what did that mean."

For Xavier McLachlan, Rugby is life. Winning a 1st XV jersey means everything...Until he meets Nuala Magee. Has there ever been a girl like her? She's feisty, she's troubled, she's dangerous. What will his mates think? Does he even care?

Everything is different now.

Xavier McLachlan is in love.

Copyright James Moloney 2000.

Characters

Xavier McLachlan - The main character of the story, he is often called "Xave" for short. Tall and good-looking, he is a teenage footballer who always strives to win in every game. He lives with his parents and two sisters, and attends St. Matthews College, an all-boys school in Brisbane.

Nuala Magee - An unusual and rather unsettling girl whom Xavier meets at a train station and finds interesting.

Alex Murray - A keen and thoughtful student who Xavier befriends and who helps him find out more about Nuala.

Brother Allbecker - Xavier's football coach, who provides useful advice and encouragement to him. o.k

Issues and themes

* Coming of age

* Guilt

* Sportsmanship

* Interpersonal relationship

* Loyalty

* Bullying

* Death

* Trust

Awards and nominations

* Won the Victorian Premier's Prize (Premier's Literary Awards) in 2001. [http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au/2005/content/standard.asp?name=MoloneyJ]

* Won the Herald Sun prize for Young adult fiction. [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-pa-HTTP%253A%252F%252FWWW.SLV.VIC.GOV.AU%252FMISCPICS%252F0%252F1%252F0%252FDOC%252FMP010666.SHTML]

* Shortlisted for Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award 2001. [http://www.somerset.qld.edu.au/conflib/Biographies.htm]

External links

* [http://amlib.eddept.wa.edu.au/webquery.dll?v1=pbMarc&v20=14&v27=26791&v30=20D&v46=2520 Touch Me at CMIS]
* [http://www.cbc.org.au/qld/novels2.htm Touch Me at Novels by James Moloney]
* [http://www.home.gil.com.au/~cbcqld/moloney/touchview.htm Article on writing Touch Me by James Moloney]


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