by Daniel
9. May 2010 10:16
This lengthy 26 chapters document less than two turbulent years in the life of 15 year old Connor. Connor is poor and lives with a drug addict drunk mother in a trailer that is letting the other trailers in the park down. He meets Ryan, the doctors son and his brother Toby after an unfortunate and painful encounter with a lacrosse ball.
The stage is set for another poor boy meets rich boys and fall in love forever cliche, but that's not how this one goes. Little Buddha gets under the skin of the characters with his writing, and as the story progresses we share Connor's confused and untrained emotions as he loves and hurts and is loved and hurt by those around him.
Throughout it all is the music of Elton John (hence the title), Connor's favourite both to hear and to play and sing. A great story and one that we should be able to buy the soundtrack for!
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