After last year’s disaster at the school dance, also known as the Snog Fest, Chloe and her friends are determined to find the perfect boy for each of them. This is how Boywatching is born.
Chloe, Sally, Amy and Gemma all pick one boy to focus on. Each week, this group of friends share their research and produce a chart with scores on it for each boy. As the Snog Fest looms upon the four girls, they start to feel more confident about their chances with their chosen boy.
That is everyone except for Chloe, who is worried that she will be on her own like last year. Will her prince in shining armour, the cool and mysterious Mark Anderson, save her, or will she be stuck with the creep of the school, Sunny Upside Down?
I would give this realistic book five out of five. The author uses modern day language and makes sure that it sounds like a teenage girl has written the book. The ups and downs of being a teenager are not something I know about yet, but when I hit my terrible teens, I may well read Boywatching again for some advice from Chloe and her friends as well as a few laughs.
I would recommend this book to ages twelve to fourteen, because it has some quite grown-up features to it, which I don’t think are appropriate for any children under twelve. I also feel the book is mostly for girls because it has been set from their perspective. However, maybe more boys should read it so they get an insight into what we girls want from them – it may not be what they expect!
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