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The Boy in the Dress
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Lovely short novel about being different. You will love it. I read it in English because the spanish edition had a confusing title: "El Mago del Balón" (something like "The Magician of the Ball") clearly selling this book to a male audience and avoiding any reference to the main fact of the story: cross-dressing. I wonder how many Spanish boys who love soccer are now reading "El Mago del Balón" and thinking that cross-dressing is a better idea.
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I will have to put it on my 'to read' list
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The Mexican edition is titled "El niño de los vestidos" which I think is a much better translation (and I am not talking from a linguistic pint of view). Saludos
i agree im so reading this book got the sample
No. This kid is not gay. A gay kid usually tends to fall for other boys. But kids who crossdress and do things like that are not gay. Most of them are not comfortable with the bodies they are in (while gay kids do find living in a boy's body fine) and always try to find a way to comfort themselves, such as crossdressing. And this is not gay. They're just not gay. So please, don't get mixed up!
Gender and sexuality are different things.
he's just a boy who wants to be a girl,right? anyway should i read it?
The story itself makes clear that he's straight, he hopes to marry Lisa. It's important that he's straight to stop the reaction of putting things into easy boxes.
the boy is maybe transgender or he enjoys cross dressing
Its nice to see all these Wonderful comments guys keep it up (^·^)
INSPIRING NOVEL FOR OTHER YOUNG TOMGIRLS <3I agree-about how diversity is a good thing- i love how the main character is a tomgirl- i have never read a book with a tomgirl in it and it is not a characteristics that authors think about often. hmmm... i should try writing with that inspiration...
(i read the actual real life book- soft cover and all)
