How to keep a boy as a pet by Diane Messidoro
Electric Monkey, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-4052-5816-6.
The book How to Keep a Boy as a Pet by Diane Messidoro is a
very gripping story written as a blog by the star of the show, Circe
Shaw. Circe is a pending journalist who wants to become exactly like
her idol, Jess Bradley; a famous journalist who tells things like
they are. Joining in our tale is Circe's best guy-friend, Ben and
her best friend, Tash. Ben has known Circe all her life and results
in calling her 'Witchy' a nickname suited to her because her name
sounding like the word 'Curse' when said incorrectly. Tash and Ben
are an 'Item' and much to Circe's displeasure they tend to get a bit
carried away. Circe's summer project is to write a journalistic
article on a new totally hot topic, something so stunningly,
fantastically, sophisticated that it will benefit not only the rest
of her life, but her career and maybe even her love life. After
posting a few things online about her conundrum of not finding an
article for her blog, an unexpected comment appears. When reading
this inspiring comment (posted by the fantastically mysterious,
super smart, Savvy Rose, a stranger from overseas) Circe sees that
the writer of this comment (Savvy) mentions that boys are like pets;
how odd. Keen to investigate this meaning Circe digs deeper, using
all her journalistic powers to find out the answer and to see if
this theory is true. During her investigation, Circe discovers more
than the meaning to these words, a meaning that puts everything in
perspective and changes her life for the better.
This wondrous novel by Diane Messidoro is very inspiring and keeps
you wanting more as Circe follows on her journalistic quest to save
her love life and her future. The text is written in a blog format
so you know absolutely what's going on with whom, what, when and
where. This format makes the book so easy to dip in and out of but
demands not to be forgotten, especially if you are taking on more
than one book at a time.
Sarah Filkin (Student)