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An English Boy in New York
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Ben Fletcher, the master of mohair, is back . . .
As part of his prize as All-UK Knitting champion, seventeen-year-old Ben Fletcher has won himself an all-expenses-paid trip to New York . . . and to the US National KnitFair. Unfortunately, his new girlfriend Megan is (somewhat suspiciously) unable to come with him, which means Ben has the dubious pleasure of being accompanied by his family and his third-choice-friend Gex.
The other problem is, Ben's not really sure he wants to be known as a teenage knitting genius any more. His idea for a knitable hoodie could make him millions . . . or turn him into a laughing stock forever. An existential knitting crisis turns out to be the least of Ben's concerns though, as he quickly finds that his apparent magnetism for trouble has followed him across the pond. Join Ben for another hilarious misadventure, involving some overly eager Knitting Expo representatives, suspicious men in dark suits, some potential trouble from the Mob, a mix-up of epic proportions with Megan . . . and still rather a lot of knitting.
As part of his prize as All-UK Knitting champion, seventeen-year-old Ben Fletcher has won himself an all-expenses-paid trip to New York . . . and to the US National KnitFair. Unfortunately, his new girlfriend Megan is (somewhat suspiciously) unable to come with him, which means Ben has the dubious pleasure of being accompanied by his family and his third-choice-friend Gex.
The other problem is, Ben's not really sure he wants to be known as a teenage knitting genius any more. His idea for a knitable hoodie could make him millions . . . or turn him into a laughing stock forever. An existential knitting crisis turns out to be the least of Ben's concerns though, as he quickly finds that his apparent magnetism for trouble has followed him across the pond. Join Ben for another hilarious misadventure, involving some overly eager Knitting Expo representatives, suspicious men in dark suits, some potential trouble from the Mob, a mix-up of epic proportions with Megan . . . and still rather a lot of knitting.
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“This is the 2nd in a duel book series about a young boy that takes up knitting and falls in love with it. I loved the idea because it, (and the other series by this author ) are about it's okay it enjoy things outside of the gender norm. The first book, I loved and was laughing out loud. THIS book, is funny, but I enjoyed in slightly less. Manly Ben's friend through it off for me. I felt that if I had a friend like that in my life, I wouldn't even bring them on a trip, or really, even stay friends with them. Friendship is a give and take, but Gex is just so awful to Ben, It made me disappointed that there was never a true Ben standing up for himself, more like the first book.
But I did enjoy the cast of oddballs Ben seems to always seems to be collecting in each book. The author likes to play up characters like one might think of people that just would hang out in places like New York, if one just watched old movies. Like Mob Boss, or clubs. Food like Waffles or Philly Cheese Steak's also.”
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“3.5 stars actual rating. I really loved the first book in this series, and although this was a lighthearted read and it did make me laugh pretty hard in places, it just didn’t come anywhere close to the first book for me. In Boys Don’t Knit I really enjoyed the character development and the humour that came along with that, and there was a lot less of that in this instalment.
I also found the ending to be disappointing and rather abrupt.
Overall, a nice, lighthearted read, but the first book was much better, which left this book a little lacking. Funny in places and enjoyable enough, but not what I had been expecting.”
Pam Saunders
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“Humour, easy read but the covers are so junior looking when the main character is in the final year of school.”
Jaimee
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