Babe in Boyland by Jody Gehrman

Babe in Boyland

by Jody Gehrman

Natalie, a seventeen-year-old former drama club member who now writes a relationship column for her school newspaper, decides to go undercover as a student at an all-boys boarding school so that she can figure out what guys are really like.

Reviewed by Kelsenator on

3 of 5 stars

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Originally posted on my blog Kelsey's Cluttered Bookshelf

(3.5)

Her travel through the school of all guys for a week is pretty interesting, but it did remind me of the movie She’s the Man quite a bit (which I want to now watch), especially when she has to fake the pain of being hit in the lower region, and sharing a room with a boy who she happens to fall for. The way she got herself into the school was a bit too easy, not everyone has a genius hacking kid that they know, but it wasn’t bad.

It had lots of humour, making me laugh my head off sometimes. I just wished that it was a bit longer, went more in depth of her journey and her making new friends, and what she learned. I did like however how she changed her attitude from a stuck-up popular girl, to someone who cared about others and didn’t tell them what they just wanted to hear, but what they needed to. Her article at the end was very good and thoughful, and I did like the ending. A happily ever after!

I recommend this for anyone just wanting a light fun comedic, romantic, and contemporary read.

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