Boys Don't Knit

Name: Boys Don't Knit
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9781471401473
Price: 19.99 NZD
Availability: OutOfStock

By Tom Easton

Series: Boys Don't Knit

0.0 (0 reviews)

3.77

( 2,763 ratings, 624 reviews)

Summary

Boys Don't Knit by Tom Easton is a humorous young adult novel following the life of Ben Fletcher, a teenager who takes up knitting as part of his community service requirement. Through an unexpected journey of self-discovery, the story explores themes of identity and breaking gender stereotypes, all while delivering delightful comedy. Ben navigates through his teenage years with mishaps and witty observations alongside his secret knitting talent.
Read More

Format: Paperback / softback

TEMPORARILY OUT OF STOCK Please add to wishlist to be notified when back in stock

Sorry, we're currently out of stock of Boys Don't Knit. Please add to your Wishlist and we'll send you an email as soon as it's back in stock.

Book Hero Magic created this recommendation. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! IS THIS YOUR NEXT READ?

You might enjoy this book if you love stories filled with humour and heart about challenging stereotypes and self-discovery. With engaging characters and witty dialogue, it might appeal to you if you're interested in seeing how a young man navigates an unconventional hobby while grappling with teenage life and unexpected friendships.

Meet Ben Fletcher, an Adrian Mole for a new generation

Meet Ben Fletcher, an Adrian Mole for a new generation

Description

Ben Fletcher must get to grips with his more feminine side following an unfortunate incident with a lollipop lady and a stolen bottle of Martini Rosso from Waitrose. All a big misunderstanding of course.

To avoid the Young Offenders unit, Ben is ordered to give something back to the community. Take up a hobby and keep on the straight and narrow! The hot teacher runs a knitting group so Ben, reluctantly at first, gets stuck in.

Not easy when your dad is a sports fan and thinks Jeremy Clarkson is God. To his surprise, Ben finds that he likes knitting and that he has a mean competitive streak. If he can just keep it all a secret from his mates... and notice that the girl of his dreams, Megan Hooper, has a thing for him...

Laugh-out-loud, often ridiculous, sometimes quite touching, Boys Don't Knit is a must for boys and girls...

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Boys Don't Knit by Tom Easton is praised for its humorous take on teenage life, filled with quirky characters, an engagingly absurd storyline, and a budding romantic angle. Its appeal is noted particularly for fans of similarly styled teen novels like Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781471401473

Publisher: Hot Key Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 02 January 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hot Key Books

Audience: Teenage

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 212g

Pages: 288

Collections

Children’s, Teenage and Educational Fiction Series: Boys Don't Knit Tom Easton Young Adult

About the Author

Tom Easton is an experienced author of fiction for all ages and has had more than a dozen books published. He has written under a number of different pseudonyms in a variety of genres. Subjects include vampires, pirates, pandemics and teenage agony aunts (not all in the same book). Tom lives in Surrey with his wife and three children and in his spare time works as a Production Manager for Hachette Children's Books. Find out more about Tom at http://tomeaston.com or on Twitter: @TomEaston

Also by Tom Easton

View all

Hotel of the Gods: Mummy Wrap Battle

Revenge of the mummy! Check in to Hotel of the Gods - where mythical guests cause magical mayhem! A hilarious illustrated adventure for readers aged 7+, featuring characters from world mythology. When Bastet the cat goddess is summoned back to Egypt, Atlas and his friend Maui can't resist sneaking into her room. That's a big, BIG mistake. HUGE! Because they...

Paperback

$19⁹⁹

Available
Ships in 4-6 weeks
Hotel of the Gods: Aztec Chocolate Meltdown

Check in to Hotel of the Gods - where mythical guests cause magical mayhem! A hilarious choc-tastic adventure for readers aged 7+. When home-schooling becomes too much for Atlas's parents to handle, the gods and goddesses who live at the hotel step in to educate Atlas and his sister. Suddenly, lessons are a lot more exciting, with Thor taking PE...

By Tom Easton

Paperback

$19⁹⁹

Available
Ships in 4-6 weeks
Hotel of the Gods: Beware the Hellhound

Check in to Hotel of the Gods - where mythical guests cause magical mayhem! A hilarious new series perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart and David Solomons. When Atlas's parents get new jobs running a luxurious hotel he can't believe his luck. It sounds almost too good to be true... It is. The hotel has very unusual residents - ancient...

By Tom Easton

Paperback

$19⁹⁹

Available
Ships in 4-6 weeks
Hotel of the Gods: Vikings on Vacation

Loki the Viking trickster god has checked into the hotel, and he's ready to have some fun - at the other gods' expense! Epically hilarious, this series is perfect for fans of Pamela Butchart and David Solomons. The Hotel of the Gods has a new guest! Loki, the Viking trickster god, has come to celebrate Midsummer at the hotel. Everyone...

By Tom Easton

Paperback

$19⁹⁹

Available
Ships in 4-6 weeks
Max Magic: The Incredible Holiday Hideout (Max Magic 3)

The SPECTACULAR new book in the Max Magic series, from superstar TV presenter and magician, Stephen Mulhern. THE SHOW MUST GO ON! Max Mullers is ready to take his magic skills to the next level. Then the news hits that the no-good Crayfish Twins have broken out of jail and are ready to get their revenge on Max and his...

By Stephen Mulhern and Tom Easton

Paperback

$18⁹⁹

Available
Ships in 4-6 weeks
Max Magic: The Greatest Show on Earth (Max Magic 2)

The UNBELIEVABLE new book in the Max Magic series from superstar TV presenter and magician, Stephen Mulhern! NEVER GIVE UP! Max Magic: The Greatest Show on Earth (Max Magic 2) is back and he's ready to win national talent show: The Greatest Show on Earth! He knows he's got what it takes to impress the show's judges: Willow Holloughby, Fox...

By Stephen Mulhern and Tom Easton

Paperback

$18⁹⁹

Available
Ships in 4-6 weeks
New Adventures: My New Sibling

This first experiences series uncovers the worries and fears associated with big life changes that young children might experience and provides reassurance by explaining how they might feel and shows ways that children can learn to cope with these feelings. The sensitively written story in New Adventures: My New Sibling provides guidance not only for children, but also for adults...

By Tom Easton

Paperback

Sold Out

More from Young Adult

View all

New Release

Song of the Saltings

On the isolated island of Brack, the people live by an ancient bargain: every year, a sacrifice must be made to the Glimm, the creature that haunts the salt marshes. Eight years ago, it should have taken Lotta. Instead, the monster spared her and claimed her pony, shattering tradition and anointing her both folk hero and object of suspicion. Now...

By Rachael King

Paperback

$24⁹⁹
Elsewhere:
~~$27⁹⁹~~

In Stock
Ships today
New Release

Tell Me with Kisses

From New York Times bestselling author and Wattpad sensation Mercedes Ron comes the English translation of the third in the Tell Me series, where Kamila Hamilton is caught between the two Di Bianco brothers after they burst back into her life. From New York Times bestselling author and Wattpad sensation Mercedes Ron comes the English translation of the third in...

By Mercedes Ron

Paperback

$23⁹⁹
Elsewhere:
~~$28⁰⁰~~

In Stock
Ships today
Release Me

The searing second volume in a new series set in the #1 global bestselling Shatter Me universe ten years after the fall of The Reestablishment. Rosabelle Wolff had a plan. Now she wants revenge. To save her sister she needs to get back home and destroy the system that created her. Rosabelle’s greatest strength is her ability to deaden her...

By Tahereh Mafi

$22⁰⁰
Elsewhere:
~~$24⁹⁹~~

In Stock
Ships today
A Language of Dragons

The most exciting debut of 2025 – an incredible fantasy Dark Academia, perfect for fans of Babel, Fourth Wing, and the Scholomance trilogy. EVERY FIRE STARTS WITH A SINGLE SPARK. Welcome to Bletchley Park… with dragons. London, 1923. Dragons soar through the skies and protests erupt on the streets, but Vivien Featherswallow isn’t worried. She’s going to follow the rules,...

By S. F. Williamson

Paperback

$17⁰⁰
Elsewhere:
~~$22⁹⁹~~

(1)

In Stock
Ships today
Shatter Me: Shatter Me series 1

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi is a gripping dystopian novel that plunges readers into a world where society is on the brink of collapse. At the heart of this chaos is Juliette, a 17-year-old girl with a fatal touch—literally. For 264 days, Juliette has been imprisoned in solitary confinement, her only crime being an accidental touch that resulted in death....

By Tahereh Mafi

Paperback

$22⁰⁰
Elsewhere:
~~$39⁹⁹~~

In Stock
Ships today
Cozy Corner

Relax and unwind with this adorable colouring book – it’s time to get cozy! Step into a world of calm and comfort with Cozy Corner, featuring 45 beautiful hand-drawn pages ready for you to colour in. Settle into your very own cozy corner with these brand new colouring pages! This follow-up to Coco Wyo's beloved Little Corner promises a new...

By Coco Wyo

Paperback

$17⁰⁰
Elsewhere:
~~$21⁰⁰~~

In Stock
Ships today
Bunny vs Monkey: The Great Big Glitch (a Phoenix Comic Book): the instant number one bestselling book from Jamie Smart, Illustrator of the Year

When Bunny, Monkey and friends discover a glitch in reality, life gets even crazier than normal: Bunny declares himself The Woods' Magical Protector, Pig becomes a superspy, plus there's complete metal Monkey mayhem! Experience the laughs and chaos in Bunny vs Monkey: The Great Big Glitch (a Phoenix Comic Book), the instant number one bestselling book from Jamie Smart, Illustrator...

By Jamie Smart

Paperback

$24⁹⁹

In Stock
Ships today
The Summer I Turned Pretty

The Summer I Turned Pretty is now a major new TV series on Amazon Prime! If you loved The Kissing Booth and Jenny Han's smash-hit Netflix movie series To All the Boys I Loved Before, then you'll adore this gorgeously funny, romantic story! Everything that happened this past summer, and every summer before it, has all led up to this....

By Jenny Han

Paperback

$24⁰⁰

In Stock
Ships today
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson is the New York Times No.1 bestselling YA crime thriller that has captivated readers globally. Now adapted into a major BBC series, this intricately plotted and intensely gripping novel is being lauded as a modern classic in young adult literature. Pippa Fitz-Amobi, an intelligent and determined high school student, is looking...

By Holly Jackson

Paperback

$18⁰⁰
Elsewhere:
~~$22⁹⁹~~

In Stock
Ships today
Powerless

OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD! THE INSTANT NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING PHENOMENON. ‘Nothing short of epic’ - Rosie Talbot, bestselling author of Sixteen Souls ‘A thrilling fantasy with the most delicious slow-burn romance’ - M.A. Kuzniar, bestselling author of Midnight in Everwood ‘[A] titillating debut’ - Publishers Weekly ‘A masterpiece’ - Goodreads Reader Review ‘Everyone needs to read it’ -...

By Lauren Roberts

Paperback

$25⁰⁰
Elsewhere:
~~$28⁹⁹~~

In Stock
Ships today
Free Gift

The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks

Louise Rennison for the Dork Diaries generation - hilarious, relatable and full of heart. The first book in the hilarious new series for children by the bestselling creator of Hurrah For Gin. The Extremely Embarrassing Life of Lottie Brooks follows Lottie Brooks, who is 11 and feels like her life is already officially over. Not only is she about to...

By Katie Kirby

Paperback

$17⁹⁹

In Stock
Ships today
Free Gift

Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip

The fourth book in this hilarious bestselling series full of friendship, family, and first experiences from the creator of Hurrah for Gin. Lottie Brooks's Totally Disastrous School-Trip continues to navigate the many perils of growing up in this fantastically funny illustrated series for a 9-12 audience, filled with friendship, embarrassing moments, and plenty of lols. Woe is me. So much...

By Katie Kirby

Paperback

$19⁰⁰
Elsewhere:
~~$21⁰⁰~~

In Stock
Ships today

Why buy from us?

Book Hero is not a chain store or big box retailer. We're an independent 100% NZ-owned business on a mission to help more Kiwis rediscover a love of books and reading!

Service & Delivery

Our warehouse in Auckland holds over 100,000 books, toys, board games and puzzles in-stock so you're not waiting for your order to arrive from overseas.

Auckland Bookstore

We're primarily an online store, but for your convenience you can pick up your order for free from our bookstore, which is right next door to our warehouse in Hobsonville.