The Boy You Always Wanted

Author: Quach, Michelle

For National Curriculum Key Stage 4 & GCSE

Published on 3 August 2023 by Usborne Publishing Ltd in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 368 pages
129 x 198 x 25 | 308g

'Totally in love with this novel.' Loan Le, author of A Pho Love StoryA girl, a boy, a grandfather and a plan. The girl: Francine. Model teenager, dutiful granddaughter, absolutely no chill.

The grandfather: Francine's beloved a gung. He has one final wish, a male heir to carry on the family traditions. It's an outdated idea, but Francine loves him, and she has a plan to bring him the boy he always wanted. The boy: Ollie. Family friend, former crush, no idea how Francine has convinced him to get mixed up in her off-the-wall, and totally sexist, honorary grandson plan.

The plan: might work. But as Ollie and Francine's worlds collide, their secrets get tangled, and so do their feelings. Sometimes what you really want, isn't at all what you expected.