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|title=The Factory Made Boy

|sort=Factory Made Boy

|publisher=Andersen

|date=August 2012

|website=http://www.christine-noestlinger.de/

|summary=A surreal, unusual story that's fun to read and quite thought-provoking.

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Mrs Bartolotti has a rather bad habit of ordering things...things that she usually doesn't need. One day a large parcel arrives in the post. Mrs Bartolotti can't think what it can be. What has she ordered recently? She thought she'd been very good! When she opens it she finds, inside, a perfect factory-made little boy - she definitely never ordered a little boy! Conrad and Mrs Bartolotti soon grow to love each other, but what will they do when the factory realises the mistake they've made and attempt to reclaim their goods?