In the cool-blue magic of the Planetarium Sylvie slips into a dream world.  At last she can escape her life - even an ordinary taxi ride becomes a Blue Train to the Moon.

    

 
 

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Youth Novel - Blue Train To The Moon

 

In BLUE TRAIN TO THE MOON, Sylvie desperately wants to escape her boring life.  Her friend, Sandra, introduces her to the Rocky Street Clubs.  She meets Mario and finds herself in a situation out of control… she might be HIV positive, and she might lose the only person she has learnt to confide in.

 

The story is in diary format with rough scribbles, which reflect how Sylvie feels.  I was teaching art in a boys’ school at the time and wanted to write a story, not specifically about AIDS, but about coping with life-changing situations.

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Published by Maskew Miller Longman

Winner of two AWARDS:

The YOUNG AFRICA AWARD 1993

An IBBY HONOURS BOOK 1994

 

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