After reading NOUGHTS AND CROSSES, the author quickly became one for me to look out for. So I was thrilled to receive this book.

It was freaking awesome.

Just imagine. A 17 year old boy (Dante) that has his life all planned out. He is just about to receive his A Level results and is well on his way to University to study Journalism. But then your ex girlfriend pops up. She has a baby. She claims this baby is your baby. Goes out for a few minutes, promising to return. She never comes back.

I was a l More...

“How could ten forgettable minutes of not much turn both our lives inside out and upside down like this?”

Initial Final Page Thoughts.
Yay!

High Points.
Dante. Adam and his story. Let’s hear it for the boys! Daddies. Different perspectives. Acceptance. Sleepless nights. Walks in the park. Taking responsibilities. Hiccupping hearts. ”Just bringing up wind.”. Living life out loud.

Low Points.
I would really have loved to see more of the social implications that Dante faced. What was covered- his frie More...

I am a huge fan of Malorie Blackman and advocator of her work ever since I first read Noughts and Crosses many years ago. Not only does Blackman create extremely well written books with relatable characters, but she also tackles difficult, sometimes controversial, subjects for YA literature, in an honest and thought provoking way. Boy’s Don’t Cry is a powerful and unexpected novel. I couldn’t put it down and ended up reading through until 5 in the morning, and then I couldn’t sleep for thinking More...

BOYS DON'T CRY by Malorie Blackman is an emotionally charged story about love and family and the different shapes they sometimes take. This book is one you won't want to miss.

Dante is anxiously awaiting his A Level exam results. He is proud of himself for taking the exams a year early, and he's eager to know if his scores will have him headed to university in the near future. But when a knock at the door brings his old girlfriend and not the postman, Dante is in for the surprise of his life.

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Sinopsis:
A Dante, le espera un futuro brillante en la universidad y una carrera como periodista, pero el día que está previsto que estos lleguen, su antigua novia Melanie regresa inesperadamente… con una bebé. Él asume que ella está ayudando a alguna amiga. Le dice a Dante que la vigile mientras hace unas compras. Dante a regañadientes le responde que mantendrá un ojo sobre la bebita Emma para que Mel pueda conseguir lo que necesita y así cuando vuelva, preguntarle qué demonios está pasando, per More...

A strong opening with a slightly arrogant but likeable hero and enigmatic ex girlfriend making a surprise visit on the 'eve' of his anticipated transition into a university student. The rest of the novel sees him trying to redefine his world and expectations.

Blackman uses the conceit of the 'uninformed boyfriend' to expand on the trials and joy of looking after a baby for a parent of any gender. My problem with it was that after about half way through it became a little too much like a baby manu More...

'She's lovely,' said Adam. 'Hello, Emma. Aren't you beautiful? That must be from your mum 'cause you sure didn't get your good looks from your dad.'

This book is basically about a guy that made a stupid mistake, ruining his future.
Dante, the main character, was waiting for the postman to deliver his results for an exam but when the door bell went, he answered it hoping he would get good grades.
When he opened the door, it was his ex girlfriend, Melanie, that dropped out last year and with her was More...

L'histoire commence avec Dante 17 ans qui croit avoir toute sa vie devant lui et qui attend apres ses notes d'examen pour savoir si il va a l'université ou pas. Et bang....son ex arrive et lui annonce qu'il est père et elle lui demande de surveiller sa fille et elle part.Alors commence les peurs les inquietudes les doutes et surtout la question est-il le père de cet enfant? C'est très bien écrit,j'ai adorer le lire et sincèrement si ca avait été que je travaillait pas je l'aurais fini en une jou More...

Il a suffi de l'arrivée d'un bébé dans le foyer pour bousculer les garçons qui vivent sous le même toit. Dante n'a que dix-sept ans et refuse de ruiner son avenir pour une erreur d'un soir. Son père le force à assumer ses responsabilités. Le plus jeune frère, Adam, est enchanté. C'est un garçon brillant, très beau, et à l'humour caustique. Un soir, pourtant, il est battu par des types homophobes. Bah oui, ça existe encore. Et tout ça fait que la famille, soudainement, doit se serrer les coudes e More...

This book, is AMAZING. Not only does it tackle the tough and uneducated issue of teen pregnancies but the trials of being a young gay person too. When you think of a single teen parent you automatically assume that they are going to be the mother, which is why I love this book. It tells the story from the other point of view, where the father gets left with the baby. Malorie Blackman explores the problems Dante faces of being unsure that Emma is his, and how he copes with bringing up a nearly 1 More...

What an amazing read! I still can't keep my mind out of it.

I am still bemused that as much as I want to tell the tale I'll try to keep it super vague and not let you miss all the action.

BOYS DON'T CRY is, as the last time I checked, the first book I read about young, single parent/s. Dante is just your 17-year-old dreamer, achiever, and typical teenager who parties and went out with friends. But then in the middle of the biggest moment he's been waiting to turn up in life, he was startled to k More...

you know, if there was a 4.5 stars i would have actually preferred to put that down but no biggie, 5 stars is still fine.

ok, first things first, why did i want to put 4.5 instead of 5? well its pretty simple, the dude dante pissed me off at the beginning. :)

yeh to anyone who hasn't red the book yet; this is a book about a guy called dante who had sex with the girl at a party when they were both totally drunk and not thinking straight. That was the one and only time either of them have ever had s More...

Dante is nervously waiting for his A-Level results which will hopefully lead to him going to a top university when his ex-girlfriend turns up with a baby in tow. Explaining that she just can't cope with a baby on her own, she dumps the baby on Dante and leaves.

I loved this book and read it in less than a day. Like all of Blackman's books, it felt very real and believable. I've not been a teenager in almost six years now (I feel old!), but reading this book, I was transported right back in time. More...

Review originally posted with images at EmmaMaree.com.

Choosing character names is a struggle for me, but it's clear author Malorie Blackman some naming skills. The two main characters of her latest novel "Boys Don't Cry" are Dante, whose story revolves around being left holding his newborn baby after his girlfriend skips town, has a younger brother named Adam, an openly gay black teenager that Dante's friends hate.

Dante and Adam. Those are fantastic names. The Christian origin, the dichotomy of More...

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Bought as the last book in a Buy Two, Get One Free deal, I had never expected to particularly love the book. After reading, ‘love’ is still not the term I would use to describe my feelings towards the book, but I cried, and I winced, and I will certainly remember it.

The most striking thing about this book, and indeed all of Blackman’s books, was the realism of the situations. When Dante was presented with his baby, he doesn’t automatically love her. There is no ‘magic co More...

Reviewed @ Girls Without a Bookshelf.

There is no one word that can describe just how good of a read Boys Don't Cry is. This book is one of the few that should be read by every teenage boy in the world - it's packed with life's lessons and I'm sure I'm not the only one who says that this book is a thought-provoking and a reflective read.

When Dante Bridgeman finds the biggest surprise in his life lying in a baby buggy, to say that his life is turned upside down is an understatement. Suddenly, he i More...

As you can see, I have given this book 5 stars. It was amazing from the very first word, to the very last.
I have read one other Malorie Blackman book, Noughts and Crosses, and had really enjoyed the controversial issues involved in the book. I saw this book recommended in a Youtube video that I had recently watched and right away I went onto Play.com and ordered myself a copy of the book.
When the book arrived I immediately began to read it. I felt that I had a connection to the characters from More...

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Why haven't I read this before now? I have no freaking idea. I am kicking myself for not reading it. Boys Don't Cry is such a fantastic read that is realistic to life in the UK for many teenagers.

Boys Don't Cry follows the story of Dante. He has his life all planned out. He plans on going to uni and becoming a journalist. However, his world is blown apart when his ex Melanie turns up on his door step with a baby. His baby. Dante agrees to look after baby Emma so Melani More...

This novel caught my interest because I thought I was in for a unique read on the overworked teenage-parent theme, and in some ways I wasn't wrong. Emotionally charged and morally engaging, the story takes us on a journey not only of unexpected fatherhood, but of the whirlwind of family in all it's colours and shapes. Dante, our protagonist, takes to sudden parenthood like a bird to the ocean, and his initial reactions and reasonings are easy to relate to. It was a nice change to witness the fat More...

J'ai découvert l'existence de ce livre, en parcourant la PAL d'une copine. J'ai eu de suite envie de le lire, car le thème me semblait original. On parle souvent des grossesses non désirées et accidentelles chez les jeunes-filles, mais le point de vue du père est rarement traité.

Ce livre est un énorme coup de coeur. Nous entrons dans l'histoire d'une famille, un père veuf et ses deux fils, Dante et Adam. Leur destin va être complètement bouleversé par l'arrivée "surprise" d'Emma, la fille de Dan More...

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Ok l want to start this review by saying there isn't anything really terrible with this book, there just isn't anything amazing and at no point was l struggling to put this down. It's just not that sort of book and after the blurb you kind of expect a bit more than what you get! Saying that I am glad l have read this but can't help feeling if l read it a few years back when l was younger (l am 18) then l would of enjoyed this even more.
The writing isn't amaz More...

I read the first few chapters of this book before it was released in the previews on Amazon, so when I saw it in the library I had to pick it up. My initial thoughts were that this was very fast paced and it really helped to get you hooked into the novel.
However I found some parts of it predictable especially the parts surrounding Adam, I found myself guessing the plot points surrounding Adam before they’d happened. Emma was such a cutie as well, she seemed to be one of those babies who you’d j More...

Dante is looking forward to a promising future, the book begins with him waiting for his A- Level results that he needs to go to University.

Though when the doorbell rings it's not the postman, its ex-girlfriend Melanie with baby Emma claiming Dante is her father.

Melanie asks for him to look after Emma for a few hours but she never returns. Dante has some growing up to do to become a father with the help of his dad and younger brother.
Boys don't cry is a great story that deals with the single da More...

Blackman tackles the big YA issues of teen pregnancy and homosexuality in this English novel about two brothers in their mid teens. In parts, it is in desperate need of serious editing and culling, and the pace in the first half of the novel is tediously slow. Switching between the two narrators never quite works, largely because their voices are too similar and Adam, the supplementary narrator, doesn't add much in the way of insight or perspective. Nonetheless, the final third of the story was More...

I thought this book was a gripping read, it shows the other part of the story. usually it is girl has baby, lad doesn't know, girl tells him, he doesn't want to know. but Malorie Blackman has skillfully changed it by (spolier alert) the girl dumping the baby on the boy and making a run for it. She also adds a twist about the baby's dad's brother, will not say anymore as its a spolier.

i have read her noughts and crosses books and also stuff of the nightmares and i found them very gripping and i More...

Los chicos no lloran, pero los hombres de verdad si.

Imaginen por un momento: Tienes 17 años. Todo tu futuro esta planeado, paso por paso. Estas a punto de recibir los resultados de tus exámenes. Y estas en un buen a camino hacia la universidad. Pero entonces tu ex aparece en tu puerta. Tiene un bebe. Y dice que ese bebe es tuyo. Se va por unos minutos con la excusa de comprar cosas para el bebe pero nunca regresa.

Este libro presenta muchos problemas que los adolescente o jóvenes adultos enfren More...

I thought that I would be dissapointed with this book, having read Noughts and crosses I hold very high standards for Malorie Blackman, but instead I was outstanded.
Malorie Blackman writes about prejudice and social injustice in a beuatiful way, dealing with real issues in present day society.
Strangely, despite the serious issues this book deals with, I found reading it extreamly uplifting. The way Dante defends Emma, sticking by her no matter what restored my faith in humanity and made me smil More...

This book will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will stay with you forever.

Wow, what can I say?! A legend. It's like a teenage bible! I'm being serious, if you have not read this then read it, ASAP!

It's got everything:
Young parent
Gay issues
Betrayal
Relationships
Family
Friends

It teaches you a lot and definately makes you more aware of what you should and should not do.

Dante is awaiting his GCSE results but there's a knock at the door. It's his ex-girlfriend, he hasn't seen her for a year More...