Andrew Matthews is the author of many books for young readers in his native England.
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Jan 03, 2010
Beth
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This British novel about gender and sexuality is cleverly staged around Shakespeare's gender-bending play As You Like It. When Robert is assigned the role of Rosalind in a class reading of the play, he is surprised to discover he not only enjoys dressing as girl, but that his crush Milena seems to like it too. As Robert struggles to wrap his mind around the idea that his preconceived notions of boys and girls no longer fit into little boxes, he raises more questions than answers, Milena agrees t
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Jul 19, 2007
Librarian
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Robert, who is straight, is asked to play a female role in a Shakespeare class at school and discovers that he enjoys cross-dressing. He confides in Milena, who plays the male part opposite him in the play, and she is understanding. They discover much about themselves in this sweet story that treats the subject matter in a positive, non-angsty way.
Sep 12, 2008
Some YA Brit-fic about a genderbending Shakespeare performance in a contemporary British high school (whatever they call them there). In Shakespeare's day, the female roles were played by boys and men. It looks like in this book they have girls playing the male roles. We'll see. It's short--let's hope it's sweet.
Aug 22, 2010
Krystl
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Review from 2006:
Alrighty, another YA GSA book. But! This one I really liked. :) It still wasn't *amazing*, but I did really enjoy it and it kept me reading it very swiftly (and, it is a really short book to begin with.)
It's about Rob, a boy that plays the role of a girl in one of Shakespeare's play's to get the full effect or whatever. When he does, he realizes he likes dressing like a girl, etc.
For it's genre, I'd give it 4 stars I think. And the "about the a More...
Alrighty, another YA GSA book. But! This one I really liked. :) It still wasn't *amazing*, but I did really enjoy it and it kept me reading it very swiftly (and, it is a really short book to begin with.)
It's about Rob, a boy that plays the role of a girl in one of Shakespeare's play's to get the full effect or whatever. When he does, he realizes he likes dressing like a girl, etc.
For it's genre, I'd give it 4 stars I think. And the "about the a More...
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