Boy2Girl

this book deserves a re-read, but i remember loving it dearly. the way it approached gender gender presentation touched me & although i know ultimately it is not a trans story, i still like to read it that way. it’s kind.

I thought this was a very cute book. You kind of have to suspend some of your disbelief in order to believe that someone could really pull this off, but I thought it handling some tough situations really well and it was funny!
always some good qualities in a YA book.
I've passed it on to my eldest daughter to enjoy

This is funny and cute. I kind of felt that I was reading a Shakespearean comedy (from the POV of plot, not language!) and, with its different voices, it read a little bit more like a play rather than a novel. The characters are terrific and the plot is fast-paced enough to maintain interest till the end.

This is such a great book with wonderful characters, especially Matt and his American cousin, Sam. With all the different voices and various perspectives on the same event, the story is a fairly easy read. The plot is fast-paced and extremely funny in parts and there are some interesting issues about gender roles. Well worth the read.

Even though the plot of this story is highly unrealistic, it is still somehow believable and almost charming. Sam Lopez, a rough urban American goes to live with his relatives in England. Because his cousin dares him, Sam shows up to school dressed up like a girl. Everyone believes the ruse and sitcom style "crazy situations" ensue. (Think Three's Company) Sam gets caught. He discovers that he likes the attention he gets as a girl and every day he pretends, the harder it is for him to get out of it. Like I said, the story is almost completely implausable, but very enjoyable. It was one of the few books that caused me to laugh out loud several times as I read it. The only weak part of the book was that the British writer didn't capture show more American dialect very well at all. It seems that we Americans use incorrect grammar and swear a lot, but otherwise we speak very British English. show less

A British boy named Mathew has a cousin in the U.S named Sam. Sam is a charismatic,funny kid. His mom named Galaxy sadly dies in a car accident. Sam's dad had left him and his mom when he was very small. Since no one is there to take care of Sam in America, he has to live with his aunt and uncle in London, Mathew's parents. Mathew is not very pleased having Sam in his live. Sam has no friends yet and he does not seem to care. Mathew's dad said that Sam should join the Sheds. The Sheds is a type of 'squad' that Mathew and his friends Tyrone, Jake, and Charley made. Sam wants to join, but he needs to prove himself first. Mathew, Tyrone, Jake, and Charley decide that Sam needs to dress up as a girl for the first week of his new school. show more Turns out Sam looks like a GREAT girl. On the first day of school he fools everyone at Bradbury Hill. Sam steps over lines and all type of boundaries.

I gave this book five stars, because it is very well written and a hilarious book! It has great humor and cool characters. The reason why I think that the book is well written, is because I enjoyed how the author wrote the name of the characters over the paragraphs so that the reader would know who was speaking or telling a story. The only thing that the book was missing were pictures! Still overall the book was amazing and hilarious. show less

Very quick and witty book. It's about a boy who's aunt in America dies and his cousin comes to England to stay with them. This cousin is rude and vulgar, bossy and too macho. He nevertheless invites his cousin into his clique, but the cousin keeps gettingthem into trouble. So eventually he pisses them off so bad, that they plan to get him back by kicking him out of the group and the only way he can get back in is if he starts at their new school pretending to be a girl. This way they see him being humiliated but they also see him being useful by spying on the girls for them.

That's like the first chapter or something. The rest of the book is how this plan backfires on them, with hilarious results.

I got this book for my brother for his show more birthday. He's a funny boy, my brother. So I thought he'd appreciate it. I always give the books I give him a quick squiz through to see if it's appropriate. And I was glad that with this one I did. Because it's a book for teens it was a quick read. It'd make a cool gift for boys who are in that 'cool' phase. It's full of pranks and humiliation, all part of the teenage experience. show less