The Boy in the Dress

I loved this book because it tells me about that even though your a boy or a girl you can still do boy an girl stuff.

I think, I *think*, David Walliams was trying to write a book that was kind and inclusive, it’s just that he’s really bad at it.

Dennis wears a dress but only when disguised as a girl, he can’t just wear a dress and be happy about it. Plus it’s fine because he’s awesome at football and fancies a girl. It’s not like he’s gay or anything. He just wants to wear a dress, okay? Spoiler alert: the male headteacher also wears a dress on a Sunday morning to fetch the papers and Dennis uses that fact to bribe the headteacher because if Dennis tells people, the headteacher will be a laughing stock. What? Why? I thought we were being inclusive of males who want to wear dresses? But definitely not LGBTQ+ people or class or racial stereotypes. Just the very specific situation where a young boy, who is awesome at football and very manly, wants to disguise himself as a girl. That’s the only thing that’s fine.

The fat white lorry driver, the south Asian who runs a newsagent and the overbearing south Asian mother are awful perpetuations of stereotypes and the handling of Dennis’ friend Darvesh and his patka made me cringe so much I felt sick. “I just wear this funny thing on my head”. My god! It’s so bad. I really do think he was trying to give out a positive message but that’s not how it was received by me.

Truly awful. But then, he was a writer for Little Britain so I suppose that fits.

It was very funny

It was funny

Good book but not my favourite

Easy read with a life lessons

I think it's a realy good book and I also feel sorry for Denis because of his mum

Not as enjoyable as the other books by the same author.

I liked this book because the boy stood up for himself.

Funny and I liked the way how the Dad was angry and then in the end turned nice

It was really good

It was GOOD and eventful oh and the rest is a surprise !!!

This book teaches me that its good to be different

It is quite sad and weird

I thought this was very funny in parts. I like that the boy played football as I love football too.

Great. Book

A great book with many hilarious moments and unique characters. The book is way better than the movie !

It was amazing I loved the book because it tells boys and girls it’s ok to be what you want

Me and my mam really liked this
One he is a good author

Boy in the dress was a bit boring at the start, but as you dive deeper into the world of curiosity it got very fun It is also full of adventures and trying new things
And how to be yourself and express yourself. It’s a good book and I would recommend reading it again. It was very fun and an amazing amazing book to read. I loved it and it made me think want to read more of David Walliams

Loved it. Very funny

Ben lives in a boring town. He was about to see how wrong he was.....
Join him as he learns anything is possible if he puts his mind to it!

This story tells you that boys can wear dresses as well as girls It’s really funny. My favourite character is Darvesh’s mum. She is HILARIOUS! I also the ending…

I liked this book. It was funny

Really liked this book. Good to read in bed
Yes I would recommend it

It was funny and sad at some points. Really good book.

My favrit caricature was Lisa. Yes I would recommend to others

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It was funny but he got expelled
I liked dennis the main charater

I really enjoyed this book as it has a very strong meaning: be who you want to be! This is a very inspiring book and it is about a boy called Dennis who wants more colour, freedom and creativity in his life. But one day, his whole life changes as his wish comes true... I would really recommend this book to family and friends!

A good adventure