RADIO – The Boys’ Club
In 2009 Andrew Garfield took part in reading children’s books for BBC Radio 7’s BIG TOE BOOKS. He read The Boys’ Club by Amanda Swift.
Synopsis
Twelve-year-old Joe is extremely concerned about girls. Boys are transformed to dribbling wrecks by girls. Your stomach feels strange, and you start to perspire. They force you to skip team meetings and football practice so you can spend all day making out in their bedrooms. Joe is aware. He has witnessed it occur to his sibling. None of it appeals to Joe. He also does not want his pals to alter. So he creates the Boys’ Club, a clandestine group where boys are allowed to be boys and have nothing to do with girls. But in practice, things are a little more nuanced… because circumstances do alter. And with Alex, a new student at the school, arriving, Joe’s life is about to change significantly.
photo credit: BBC Radio 7
Date:
April 19, 2009