Brand New Boy
David Almond, Marta Altés
Subjects
- Friends & Family - tears and laughter, and happy ever after
- Facts & Information - lists, stats and plenty of facts
Average rating
A warm and thought-provoking tale from a master storyteller, winner of the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award and author of the Carnegie Medal-winning Skellig.
“Mam, did you think George was,” I say, “a bit … weird?”
“Weird? Yes, I suppose so. But you kids are all a bit weird if you ask me. And to tell the truth, it’d be weird if you weren’t.”
When a new boy joins the class, everyone thinks he’s a bit strange, but he’s brilliant at football and loves crisps, and that’s all that matters to Dan and Maxie. However, the truth about George is stranger than anyone could have imagined … and more sinister, too. Can his new pals help him to become truly free?
Reviews
I thought that this book was one of the many of my favourite books. I liked all the characters. Brand new boy was fun but sad at the end when the boy dies or runs out of battery. I think it was a great book.
Dona Mistral Tinkle 07.09.2024
I finished it and thought "what on earth just happened !"
General Gloriana Ketchup 31.08.2024
I would recommend this book because it is very funny and it is also a sort of mystery
Fairy Bijou Squirrel 06.09.2023
Kinda ok but still boring
Empress Fenella Sunshine 19.08.2023
This book was very strange. I was a bit confused at some bits and it was quite sad at the end.
Senorita Magnolia Remmington 17.08.2023
Star Reviewer
My favourite characters are Billy,Maxie,Daniel and Louise. Billy is funny and enthusiastic, Louise is musical, Daniel is sporty and friendly and Maxie is very imaginative and funny as well. The book has a great story to it and I really love it! I would recommend it to everyone without a doubt. I want to read as many books as possible, books like this.
Sir Sketch Quest 08.08.2023
There was a boy called George and he was a robot but the class never knew. So then a man called mr marsh came and he took George. 4 minutes later he took his arms off his head off and showed the class he was a robot actually they were shocked later on we were making a group picture saying he was an intelligent person off making robots. After that 4 people from the class thought they would take him and look after him and they did
Baron Pongo Palm-tree 07.07.2023
This was a fictional book and my favourite character was Daniel. Even though the brand new boy was not a human he was till determined to save him from being taken apart. I read this book for three straight! It was amazing and I recommend this book to every book lover out there!
Anonymous 19.08.2022
I enjoyed this book incredibly, it was humorous, sad, intriguing and beautifully written. I would recccomend this book to people who,like Daniel, believe in anything. Really interesting!!
Anonymous 17.08.2022
I didint like it becuse of the robot kind of boy it was kind of creepy.
Anonymous 14.08.2022
I liked this book because it was very interesting, sentimental and touching. I believe that the message in that book was;just because you are different doesn’t mean that you are bad.
Anonymous 22.04.2022
it was great but i don't know who to recommend it to
Fairy Boadicea Submarine 03.03.2022
a story about a friendly robot called George who can speak and 4 children save him from being used as spare parts and being displayed in a museum.
Anonymous 10.09.2021
I love this book. It has robots and I like technology. The person that I liked most was the robot, George. I would recommend to someone else.
Inspector Catapult Palm-tree 10.08.2021
I thought the book was really good and interesting, my favourite character was George because he was quiet, nice, friendly and funny. I would definitely recommend this book it’s always exciting , I never get bored of it.
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