Is he a girl? Is she a boy? Sam‘s brilliant disguise takes comic literature to new heights.
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Matthew Burton’s life has been fine until his American cousin crash-lands into it. Sam was only ever a distant rumour, a hippy kid who travels around the States with his wacky mother. Now he’s an orphan, dumped suddenly on the Burtons‘ doorstep. According to Sam, everything in England sucks, and pretty soon he’s making trouble for Matthew and his friends. They want revenge – and Operation Samantha is born. For Sam – small, long-haired and blond – is the perfect secret weapon in the war at school between the boys and a gang of snooty girls. And when Sam sets about rewriting the rules for how boys and girls behave, he discovers an entirely new side to his personality. Soon it‘s not only Sam that is changing . . . BOY2GIRL is one of the funniest comic novels you will ever read. A classic cross-dressing comedy like Some Like It Hot, set in a contemporary school.
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Terence Blacker is one of a small number of authors who write for both adults and children. His many popular children’s novels include THE TRANSFER and THE ANGEL FACTORY, and the best-selling MS WIZ series. He is a journalist and critic, both in print and on radio, and writes a regular topical column in the Independent newspaper. He lives in Suffolk in a house he converted from a goose hatchery.
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By Joe L
Format:Paperback
The book revolves around Sam, an american boy, whose mother has died. He comes to London to live with his cousin, aunt and uncle. But Sam is trouble, and so his cousin and his cousin's friends set him an imposible initiation task in which he must dress up and pretend to be a girl for the first week of Year 8, but it all gets out of hand.
It's told from the point of view of the people around Sam but never Sam himself, making for an interesting and balanced perspective. It's undoubtedly a great and funny teen novel even if a tad predictable.
It's told from the point of view of the people around Sam but never Sam himself, making for an interesting and balanced perspective. It's undoubtedly a great and funny teen novel even if a tad predictable.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Preacherdoc
Format:Paperback
This book is not altogether successful as a comedy, but it does take a slightly uncomfortable premise and make some interesting and thought-provoking points.
The plot describes the events when Sam, an American boy with a very troubled life, comes to live with relatives in England and is compelled to assume the identity of a girl when he starts back at school after the holidays. Initially he refuses, but gradually comes to accept, and finally embrace life as a girl. He is helped by already having long blond hair and being short in stature, and is immediately accepted as a girl by all who meet him (although he makes a few mistakes at first). He finds that by being a girl he is able to achieve success and popularity (which elude him as a boy), and in addition finds it easier to express emotion and even to cry openly, all of which makes him happier and more content with his life. The theme of the book appears to be this, that Sam gets on better being a girl than a boy.
Along the way the book touches on many of the turbulent aspects of teenage life and growing up: the impermanence of decisions and feelings; the shifting nature of friendships and loyalties; the appearance of breasts and periods; crushes and infatuations, and the difficulties and embarrassments of school and home life. The treatment of these is quite generic, and there are no particular surprises here, although there are a few genuine moments of humour. The book starts to develop new and interesting ground with its treatment of the relationships between Sam and Zia (an unsuspecting female friend who develops a crush on Sam-the-girl) and between Sam and Mark (an older boy whom all the girls desire, who also develops an attraction to Sam-the-girl).... Read more ›
The plot describes the events when Sam, an American boy with a very troubled life, comes to live with relatives in England and is compelled to assume the identity of a girl when he starts back at school after the holidays. Initially he refuses, but gradually comes to accept, and finally embrace life as a girl. He is helped by already having long blond hair and being short in stature, and is immediately accepted as a girl by all who meet him (although he makes a few mistakes at first). He finds that by being a girl he is able to achieve success and popularity (which elude him as a boy), and in addition finds it easier to express emotion and even to cry openly, all of which makes him happier and more content with his life. The theme of the book appears to be this, that Sam gets on better being a girl than a boy.
Along the way the book touches on many of the turbulent aspects of teenage life and growing up: the impermanence of decisions and feelings; the shifting nature of friendships and loyalties; the appearance of breasts and periods; crushes and infatuations, and the difficulties and embarrassments of school and home life. The treatment of these is quite generic, and there are no particular surprises here, although there are a few genuine moments of humour. The book starts to develop new and interesting ground with its treatment of the relationships between Sam and Zia (an unsuspecting female friend who develops a crush on Sam-the-girl) and between Sam and Mark (an older boy whom all the girls desire, who also develops an attraction to Sam-the-girl).... Read more ›
By mceajc
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
There are far better stories, better written, available for free on the internet. Granted, some trawling through rubbish is necessary, but often worth it. This book is not as good or engrossing as, say, The Tuck Saga by Ellen Hayes, but it isn't bad, and there are some good set-pieces.
By K
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
even if you are not transgender or interested in trans issues this book is fantastic fun with great humour and is well worth the time spent reading it. great value for money
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