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The Not Quite Perfect Boyfriend (Girlfriend Fiction #5)
'I did meet a Boy,' Midge snaps. 'He has wavy brown hair, and he's English. I met him at the Library. We had romantic picnics by the river and we kissed. A lot.'
Midge has never had a boyfriend - so she makes one up. Then she is paired for the Major Project with George, the New Boy, who doodles dragons, tucks in his shirt, has a mysterious past and an unseemly interest in...more
Midge has never had a boyfriend - so she makes one up. Then she is paired for the Major Project with George, the New Boy, who doodles dragons, tucks in his shirt, has a mysterious past and an unseemly interest in...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
August 2008
by Allen and Unwin
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Cliques, dating, and the school social scene are the focus of this Australian import. Midge, 16, is embarrassed to be lagging behind her friend Tahni in the boyfriend department, so she invents one on the spot. Her imaginary guy is an Englishman named Ben and before she realizes what she's doing, she's created a whole backstory for him. By complete chance, a transfer student matching this description arrives at school. The real Ben agrees to play along, blackmailing Midge in exchange for homewor...more
I thought it was really interesting, and I thought that when I bought it, it might be interesting, and it was! The book is about a girl that makes up an imaginary boyfriend, and he ends up coming to school. He is not who she was talking about, but everyone else thinks so. So she gets herself into allsorts of trouble.
This was a good read- just one of thise books you'd probably pick up if you were bpred and needed to take your mind of things. Really funny, and Lili Wilkinson wrote this book exceptionally well.
A short nice book to read, I enjoyed it and made me smile and laugh at points.
I would recommend it, being something simple but also fun to read!
I would recommend it, being something simple but also fun to read!
This was a short, fast read. While not as good as Pink, I think it hit on the difficulties of being "perfect" and how everything is not as it seems.
I like this book a lot. I found Ben as a bit of an ass and a user. I loved the ending with George and Midge and. A really good short read. :)
I really like this book. It put a smile on my face and well I learnt something when I read this book!
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I love this book, I loved reading this book so much that I finished it in three days.
Predictable but hilarious. Review to come, just so I can include some of my favorite quotations.
it was enjoyable. but predictable
the book was okay
To be honest, i only read this book because Lili was coming to visit my old school. I had to read one of her books to be able to see her as part of my schools book club. I thought it would be a boring old love story but it really wasnt. it just shows that what you imagine to be a perfect guy, could turn out to be your worst nightmare.
i met Lili on my birthday last year and loved asking her questions about this book.
i met Lili on my birthday last year and loved asking her questions about this book.
this was a classic story. it made me laugh. great.
I found it weird but I liked it.
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Lili Wilkinson was born in Melbourne, Australia, in the front room where her parents still live. She is an only child, and loves it. She was first published when she was 12, in Voiceworks Magazine. After studying Creative Arts at Melbourne University, Lili was employed by the Centre for Youth Literature at the State Library of Victoria, where she manages insideadog.com.au, a highly acclaimed all-a...more
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“Parents aren't supposed to cry. They're not supposed to have emotions, apart from anger, disappointment and pride. And fatigue. But they're never supposed to cry. It seems like such a personal, private thing.”
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