Girl Meets Boy

by Derek Strange

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Genres: Short Stories, Fiction

25 pages, Paperback

First published November 25, 1998

Reviews

[Ayman]

The seventh book of English Graded Readers Mega Collection.

[Sumiya Tserendavaa]

Amazing. I like adventure that girl meets boy. Pherhaps, love of each other. Thus begin history of love. :)

[Aslı]

Okuduğum ilk ingilizce kitap. Mükemmeldi.

[Santosh Thapa]

Shrawan 24, 2077, Saturday

Girl Meets Boy - Derek Strange (1998)
[Penguin Readers Beginner (level 1)]

Genre: Fiction/ Children/ Graded Readers/ Penguin Level 1
Pages: 32
Rating: 5/10

Theme: Attraction/ Travel

Opener:
“My story starts in late July. It was July 21st, I think. It was the first day of our holiday, a hot July day. I stood in the sun and looked at the sea. It was eleven o'clock in the morning. I was on the boat at Portsmouth with my mother and father and my sister, Louise. Sea birds played near our big boat and the small boats near us on the sea.”

Summary:
Girls Meets Boy is contemporary fiction. Donna meets Mark on a boat to Spain. She falls in love with him the very first time she sees him. The story is written from three different perspectives.

Final Review:
These love-at-first-site stories really get my goat. This story introduces the element of multi-perspective storytelling. The actual story, however, is not the best.

[Badr Mokrai]

It's a beautiful short story that talks about a girl named Donna who sees a handsome boy named Mark on a big boat traveling from England to Spain. Mark is very shy with girls. Dave is a good friend of Mark; he wants to help his friend overcome his shyness. Dave makes a good plan to introduce Mark to Donna. He dances with her and encourages Mark to search for Donna and meet her and dance with her. Dave is so smart ;)

It's my first story i've read in English.

[Erwin Kurniawati]

Kalau dari isi ceritanya bukan saya banget 😅 Lebih pas buat bacaan remaja, heheh. I read this book due to improve my English (reading skills especially). Yang ini level 1, jadi gaya penulisan (bahasa) nya simpel..

[Zane Alksne]

A good book for English beginners, you can learn how to describe anything. It does paint a nice picture, sometimes I did think the descriptions were too much, but a good and easy read for kids anyways.

[Shakila Mim]

I started this book for learning English.. but I have enjoyed it..
The line - " I will always remember the first time when I saw him"., reminds me the same feeling of this line... This story matches a little bit with me..

[Walaa Al Kasfriti ولاء الكسفريتي]

This love story first look "MARK & DONNA" are teenagers, and this love started in the boat on a holiday.

But this story is planned from the one i can't believe he made that.

This is the first time for me to read a love story in English and love it : "AMAZING."

#walaa_elkasfriti

[Pachi]

Ya, no es que sea malo ni nada, pero… ¿es en serio? He leído mejores historias así de cortas, pero esta es muy pero muy básica, ¿y el hermano de él haciendo eso solo para “ayudar” a su hermano? Rarooooooo, muy raro todo.

[Carpe.Diem]

good borther

[UniMef]

interesting!

[Deni Sutrisno]

Good story

[So Na]

British English (1hour) 1 Beginner (300words) /Originals/

[Alan]

Hello

[Camila Toledo]

Cuentan aquí los libros que leo con mis estudiantes?
10/10 porque a los niños les encanta.

[DANIELA VIKINGA ONIRICA]

Estoy aprendiendo ingles a shakespeare no me atrevo

[Naiii ⭐]

Para ser principiante en inglés está bien, pero la historia es muy meh

[Imasha Samarakoon]

It is quite interesting. I normally don't read short books like this but this hit me better. All happens quickly and quite interesting and I love the story.

[Hameed Muhammadian]

Reading this story does not mean that i agree with the author on his ideas, it is the opposite , my main goal behind reading pinguin series is to improve my Englis..
This story can attrackt teens...
the style is simple, and as a biginner it's benificial for me..

[Ilearnenglish]

This level was too easy, and the story annoying.

[Viola]

this book is very nice too read

[Dimy Granados reyes]

very good!

[Vanii]

Muy fácil de leer y sirve de re ayuda está colección de Peguin