The Wrong Boy

by Anna-Lou Weatherley

Big house, smart school, horses, swimming pools - Grace Foster-Bryce's life looks like something out of a glossy magazine. Jay Jones is a grafitti artist living in a cramped high-rise flat on a scruffy London council estate. What could bring these two together?

Genres: Young Adult, Romance

250 pages, Paperback

First published August 27, 2007

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

IM JUST FANGIRLING ABOUT THIS BOOK! HOW CAN IT END THAT WAYYYY! I was just gripped to this book and could not put it down! more people need to read this book because the writing is fantastic and it tackles stereotypes in the class system. The relationship between between Grace and JJ was fantastically written and I fell in love with the characters especially JJ, he has got to be one of my biggest book crushes now.... A MUST READ because you will get gripped into the book straight away and you will not want to put the book down until you have finished it!

[Becca Davidson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book so many years ago, and I haven't read it since then, since I can never find a copy, but it's stayed with me for so long. It's the type of book that when you finish reading it, you just put it down, and stare at the wall for a few minutes as you try to comprehend your emotions. It's a romance novel, but it's touching and beautiful, while at the same time, awkward and clumsy - just like a real teenage romance.

[daria . . . · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.7

[Nightshade · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn’t sure what I would think of this book when I picked it up as I didn’t think it would be my type of book. I was probably right and could have left it alone.
This is a typical story of a rich girl who loses all her money and with it her whole lifestyle and friends, who turn out to not be friends after all. From the start the main character, Grace, annoyed me. However, she did settle down into her new life fairly quickly and I found myself liking her more once the tantrums were over. In fact she started defending the area they had moved to against her mother who increasingly annoyed me. Mums (a term that annoyed me every time I had to read it throughout the book) is very against everything and everyone in this area of London, but particularly a scruffy council estate. So where else would Grace end up going and making friends?
Jay seems to be very good at his art as a graffiti artist and dreams of making it his life’s work. However I just kept thinking that graffiti is illegal and what he is doing is wrong, no matter how good at it he is. But the morals do seems to be a bit dodgy in this story as Grace’s fathers illegal art fraud that lands him in prison and them in debt in the first place is brushed away by the end of the book as something he did out of love for his family and he is even released from prison early.
Grace and Jay predictably fall in love and are devastated when it turns out Grace will be moving away from London. Suddenly Mums becomes very understanding of this boy she disliked who lives in and area she despises and recognising her daughters true love for him invites Jay to join them in their new home. This all seems rather unrealistic, but Weatherley just about saves it in the end by having Jay realise that he cannot leave his home, family and dreams behind.
This book was not to my taste, but I enjoyed it well enough so it receives three stars.

[Steff S (The Bookish Owl) · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked the story, posh family has to move to grotty area, Romeo and Juliet type love affair but the mother was a total snob (and what was with calling her Mums?) JJ stayed behind, Grace didn't make any friends really and at the end they go back to a privileged or semi-privileged life. The whole book just seemed like a bit of a cop-out in the end. Fuelling the idea that class matters and is important. Whatever.

[Rocialle · Rating 5 out of 5]

such a powerful book :) it has strong characters and is emotional, the turnaround at the end of the book leaves you feeling heartbroken and you get so carried away you feel as though it is your own story your living. It leaves you not knowing...

[Zulekha · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first book I ever cried on. I was heartbroken by the end of this book. I believe in happy endings and this certainly wasn't one. Although I must say it was still a good book. Romantic. Teenage Love.

[Sophy772 · Rating 4 out of 5]

i loooove this book .. at the end i cried for 30 min .. lol

[Holly · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not an amazing book, I wasn't drawn in and didn't sympathise with the characters!

[raheema · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book back in year 8 or 9 - & it was the first book I properly cried after i read it :3 aww Still remember JJ ... there's always that boy in a book you attach yourself to :')

[Nada]

A very good book!

[Georgia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have to say this book started amazingly and throughout the book the characters and story line was amazing but the only thing I did not like was the ending, sad and made me cry with heartbreak :(

[Kat ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember, this was one of my favourite books, it was 20/10, 100 stars out of everything.
The plot of the story was so good, I loved it, It's a typical love story but it's one that is memorable.

[Cocoa · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the most touching and sad books but amazing.

[Aimee · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's is an amazing book it has you laughing your head of the next crying at the ending best book ever