The Girl who Wanted a Boy
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The Girl who Wanted a Boy
(Puffin Books)
978-0140314557, RRP £1.50, Paperback
14+ Secondary/Adult
Sibella Cametta does well in school, has a fat bank balance from building shelves, fixing cars and wiring in light fittings - but she wants a boy. Then she sees him in the paper: goes out to get him. Transpires he's a typical Zindel victim - but young enough to stand a chance when Sibella buys him the possibility of a future. Not the best way into Zindel - but a possible extra title for those who know and like his books already. It's slim - and that's a plus even if the boy on the front won't fit the Sweet Dreams of the fifth form.

