Blacker, Terence. Boy 2 Girl. NY: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2004. 296 pages. (Humor / Fiction)
In this book the main characters are Matthew Burton (supposedly a popular kid), and Sam Lopez (Matt’s cousin). They are both 13 or 14. This book takes place in the suburbs of London. It also takes place in their public school. They are both in 8th grade. Their problem is that once Sam gets dressed up as a girl, it turns out that he makes a real great fake girl. Although when Sam’s father (Called Crash) got out of jail, he came looking for Sam, so to hide from his father, Sam had to stay dressed up as a girl. They solve this problem by beginning at a talent show. Sam was singing on stage with her (his) band “The Pandas”. When he was just about done with a song, he saw his dad. He stared for a while then started singing again. Another interesting part was when Sam pretended to go out with Matt and went to a sports game. In about the middle of the game, people went down on the field and started to fight and Sam decided to join them. I really liked this book. It was good and really interesting. It was funny too.
Reviewed by: ChickenNoodleSoup23
