Boy A

Advantages: Easy read, real page turner
Disadvantages: Based on tragic events

... Boy A As both a film broadcasted by Channel Four and a Book, Boy A has shocked me to the core, its shockingly realistic and naked representation of children in society is not hidden, however it amazingly portrays the other side to cruelty and violence from very young children against other children. Something that I had not considered ever wanting to understand or ever realised how deep and conflicted my opinions could become. I hope that readers can appreciate that this review is not just of a book and is also of a documentary/film and of the tragic reality that the book tells. The Book Boy A is a novel written by a British author called Jonathan Trigell and it was published in 2004. The novel tells the story of a young man released into society after being imprisoned as a very young boy, he has a new identity...

amyloop 16.09.2009 (24.09.2009) · Read review
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Review of Boy A - Jonathan Trigell

* Boys *

Advantages: Catchy , Good Beat
Disadvantages: None

...* Who Is Britney Spears * Britney Jean Spears is an American pop star who has been active in the music world since 1999 when she burst on to the scene with her well-known song 'Hit Me Baby One More Time' wearing a school uniform. Britney was born on December 2nd in 1981 to parents Jamie and Lynne in Mississipi although she grew up in Kentwood , Louisianna. She was an accomplished gymnast and dancer and took part on the Mickey Mouse Club televsion show alongside fellow popstars Christina Aguilera and her ex-boyfriend Justin Timberlake. Britney and Justin dated for four years but split up in 2003.Rumours say that Britney cheated on Justin , due to the reason that in Justin's 'Cry Me A River' video there was a girl who had exactly the same features as Britney , e.g the hair.In this video this girl had been cheating on him , so he...

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Would'nt be without my summer baby nest now

Advantages: Keeps your baby safe from the sun
Disadvantages: None

...When my baby was born I received loads of stuff from friends who already had children and one of the things I received was this summer baby nest. At first I didn't think I would use this item so I put away and forgot all about it until all of my family decided to have a day at the beach, it was incredibly hot and I was concerned about where I was going to put my baby so she wouldn't be in the sun, then I remembered that I had been given the summer baby nest. Once at the beach I set about putting the nest up and to my surprise it was incredibly easy, all you do is unfold it and click four poles into position and put the hood up, 2 mins later job done. The nest as a thin padded removable base inside it for the little one to lie on, the hood is a UV protection hood and has a mosquito net attached to which you can pull over to stop fly...

soutram 12.06.2009 · Read review
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A Boy Betrayed

Advantages: An insight into the lives of those whom are abused
Disadvantages: Extremely sad and disturbing

...was a little boy aged 5 and this is when the abuse started ? Stuart lived on a council estate in Manchester with his mother and father and his siblings Shirley and Christine; Shirley is the eldest sibling and is disabled and confined to a wheelchair 24/7. Stuarts upbringing in the Manchester Council estate wasn?t the best, he and his sisters lived in a dirty house with his mother and fathers dog?s ? Stuart describes the house as being really filthy and constantly smelling of cigarette smoke, damp and dogs. As well as living in a filthy house Stuart is often starving as there is no food in the house to eat and he is often sent out begging for money or food etc from his neighbours. This isn?t all Stuart has to deal with as he is often beat up by his father for nothing at all and by the way Stuart describes the beatings it is hard to...

just.bcoz 23.11.2009 (24.11.2009) · Read review
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Review of Please, Daddy, No: A Boy Betrayed - Stuart Howarth

Welcome, Brother!

Advantages: cute, great gift
Disadvantages: retired

...When I was younger my friends and I were avid collectors of the TY beanie range. This is a range of teddy bears and soft toys, each to be identified by their TY logo. There were hundreds of them available, to suit every occassion and every mood. One special occasion that arose was the birth of my little baby brother back in 2002. I wanted to buy him something a bit special, and since I thought TY beanies were gods' gift, I settled on one of them. The first task was to choose one that I thought he would like, naturally one that I didn't have! Raking the shelves in the toy shop I came across a special little blue bear. He was a pale shade of blue, and on his chest there was a picture of a stalk carrying a baby. Underneath it said, 'Baby Boy'. This seemed like the perfect gift for my brother! I took it to the hospital, after removing...

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The persian boy

Advantages: beautifully written, great characters, more about Alexander the Great, historic, romantic
Disadvantages: contains violence and abuse

...Today I have the pleasure to present to you one of my favourite books ever. This book is so intense and beautiful - I soaked it up like a sponge! The persian boy What is it? "The persian boy" is a novel by Mary Renault. Mary Renault was born in 1905 and lived until 1983. She was a lesbian and fought the Apartheid in South Africa. She wrote several books on Alexander the Great - a biography and several historic novels centering him. It is assumed that Alexander was bisexual and took the persian eunuch Bagoas with him when he connquered Persia. This book tells us a lot about Alexander through the eyes of Bagoas, his lover and servant. Why did I buy it? When the Alexander movie by Oliver Stone came out in 2004, I was absolutely amazed and wanted to find out more about Alexander. I was thrilled when I found out about Mary...

morticiaaddams 24.05.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Persian Boy - Mary Renault

About a Boy

Advantages: Wonderfully written, full of Dahl's delightful storytelling ability
Disadvantages: Over all too quickly

...As an English Teacher, I come across all manner of extracts from assorted novels in textbooks - selected paragraphs of Potter, or snippets of Orwell and Huxley chosen for some part of the language they contain. However, no author seems to feature as regularly as Roald Dahl; perhaps it's because his books are especially accessible, or perhaps there's something essentially English in character about his writing. In any case, I always enjoy coming across Dahl's work wherever I find it - even stories I've read dozens of times before are still delightfully funny, clever and fresh. Boy is the first part of Roald Dahl's autobiography, published in 1984 and covering the first twenty years of his life. From his earliest memories and childhood holidays up to the day he left school and set off for the world of work, this memoir recounts a range...

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Review of Boy: Tales of Childhood - Roald Dahl

Robot Boy

Advantages: none spring to mind
Disadvantages: Considering this is for children I am shocked

...Robot Boy is a Cartoon showed regularly on Cartoon Network. It has only been created in the last two years and in my opinion someone should sort this program out. Tommy is a 10 year old boy, and Robotboy's new owner,Professor Moshimo has entrusted him to his greatest fan tommy ,so that Robot Boy can learn to become like a real boy. Tommy is an intellegent young boy who is constantly trying to teach Robot Boy right from wrong,also has an older brother, a bully by the name of Donnie. Apart from the obvious of the fact that tommy`s brother is a vicious bully with never seems to be stopped.or repremanded for.We have Gus, a character that is referred to as The G Man,who is obese and seems ok for the program makers to portray the facts that he can gorge himself stupid with junk food,confectionary and icecream,and this is acceptable...

welshwickedone 24.07.2006 · Read review
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The History Boys - funny, charming and intelligent

Advantages: Superb performances from a strong cast
Disadvantages: None really

...WHAT IS IT: The History Boys is a 2006 film based on the play of the same name by Alan Bennett. It was directed by Nicholas Hytner (who also directed the original production of Bennett?s play) and stars the cast of the original production. The story follows 8 boys taking an extra term after A Levels to prepare them for the entrance exams for Oxford and Cambridge. They are under the tutelage of flamboyantly eccentric General Studies teacher Hector, dry witted History teacher Mrs Lintott and the young and enthusiastic teacher hired to help them get in, Irwin. The boys struggle with the vast amount of work they need to do and come to realise that they have to be able to offer more than their academic skills. STYLE: Set in the early 80s, the film sets its context using the music that the boys would listen to as its soundtrack. Most...

jesperado77 22.12.2009 · Read review
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Review of The History Boys (DVD)

A Suitable Boy

Advantages: well written and interesting..
Disadvantages: lenghty passages that could have been trimmed down

...Born in 1952 in Calcutta, India, VIKRAM SETH was educated at Oxford, Stanford University and Nanjing University..He has travelled widely and lived in Britain,China and the USA.He now lives in Calcutta, India His first novel, THE GOLDEN GATE : A NOVEL IN VERSE(1986), describes the experiences of a group of friends living in California.. His second novel A SUITABLE BOY, at 1347 pages ,is one of the longest novels ever published in a single volume in the English language...It won the prestigious Booker's award for 1994... Set in the post-indpendance India in the early 1950's, it deals with the efforts of a widowed mother looking for a SUITABLE BOY for her daughter...The novel begins with a wedding and closes with a wedding...It is a very colorful novel with accounts of festivals,the exotic food and the rich and flashy lifestyles...

kiran8 31.07.2008 (01.08.2008) · Read review
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