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Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

When Sarah Byrnes was three years old, her condition became synonymous with her surname. Her face and hands were badly burned in a mysterious accident, and her father refused to allow reconstructive surgery. She developed a suit of cold, stainless steel armor to defend herself against the taunts of a world insensitive to her pain. You enter into Sarah Byrnes's world on her terms, or you don't enter.

Enter Eric Calhoune--Moby to his friends. Eric passed through his early years on a steady diet of Oreos and Twinkies and root beer floats, and he sports the girth to prove it. Because of their "terminal uglies," he and Sarah Byrnes have become true masters in the art of underhanded revenge directed at anyone who dares to offend their sensibilities.

When Eric turns out for the high school swimming team, he begins to shed layers of extra poundage. Fearing the loss of the one friendship he treasures, he gorges to "stay fat for Sarah Byrnes," who discovers his motive and threatens to beat him more senseless than she thinks he already is. Then the truth of Sarah Byrnes's horrific past finally catches up with her.

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes is a darkly funny, suspenseful novel about friendship, fear, and making the best of a bad situation. Once again Chris Crutcher slaps us in the face with compelling questions that demand dignified answers.

Review:

?Pulse-pounding, on both visceral and intellectual levels?a wild, brutal ride.?(Kirkus Review (Pointered Review))

Synopsis:

Because of their "terminal uglies", Eric, who is overweight, and Sarah, who was badly burned as a young child, become fast friends. Then Sarah learns the truth of her accident, and Eric has to help her find a way through the pain. Crutcher is the author of five ALA Best Books for Young Adults. Young Adult.

Synopsis:

Sarah Byrnes and Eric Calhoune have been friends since junior high, when his weight and her terrible scars made them both outcasts. Eric slimmed in high school, and Sarah Byrnes has always been too smart and tough to let being an outsider hurt her. Now Sarah Byrnes sits silent in a hospital. Can Eric uncover her terrible secret before it puts them both in danger?
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About the Author

Chris Crutcher has written eight critically acclaimed novels, an autobiography, and one collection of short stories. He has won three lifetime achievement awards for the body of his work: the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Outstanding Literature for Young Adults, the ALAN Award for a Significant Contribution to Adolescent Literature, and the NCTE National Intellectual Freedom Award. He has been a child and family therapist with the Spokane Community Mental Health Center and is currently chairperson for the Spokane Child Protection Team. Chris Crutcher lives in Spokane, Washington.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780688115524
Author:
Crutcher, Chris
Publisher:
Libri
Author:
by Chris Crutcher
Location:
New York, N.Y. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Girls & Women
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Fiction - General
Subject:
Social Situations - Friendship
Subject:
Schools
Subject:
Girls
Subject:
Social Situations - Violence
Subject:
Social Situations - Physical & Emotional Abuse
Subject:
School stories
Subject:
Bildungsromane.
Subject:
Bildungsromans
Subject:
Social Issues - Friendship
Subject:
Social Issues - Violence
Subject:
Social Issues - Physical & Emotional Abuse
Subject:
Situations / Friendship
Edition Number:
1st ed.
Series Volume:
V-715
Publication Date:
April 1993
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
- Up
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
9.44x6.20x.85 in. .92 lbs.
Age Level:
12-UP
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