Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
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Chris Crutcher. (2012). Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes. Unabridged Recorded Books, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Chris Crutcher. 2012. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes. Recorded Books, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Chris Crutcher, Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes. Recorded Books, Inc, 2012.
MLA Citation (style guide)Chris Crutcher. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes. Unabridged Recorded Books, Inc, 2012.
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- Eric is the fattest boy in junior high, and Sarah's face has been hideously scarred by a mysterious accident when she was three years old. Together, the two misfits take joy in striking back at the bullies and "perfect" people who make their lives miserable. But in high school, Eric is convinced to try out for the swim team by a compassionate teacher. As the tough workouts start shedding Eric's pounds, he worries that he'll also lose his one true friendship.
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- content: Chris Crutcher deals with a number of moral and ethical issues in this story about friendship and tough decisions. Sarah Byrnes and Eric Calhoune forge a friendship based on shared pain--she is horribly scarred by an incident in her childhood, and Eric is overweight. As they get older, Eric joins the swim team and loses weight, but the two still remain friends. Then one day, Sarah goes into a catatonic state, and Eric finds that he didn't know the whole truth about her. Johnny Heller's narration trips occasionally when he doesn't sufficiently pause as a scene shifts in place or time or when the listener isn't certain who is speaking. But, as always, Heller makes a convincing teenaged narrator. A.F. (c) AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
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Such superlatives as ``riveting'' and ``powerful'' can only hint at the craftsmanship on display in this transcendent story of love, loyalty and courage. While probing such issues as friendship, free speech and moral values, Crutcher ( Chinese Handcuffs ; Stotan! ) tells a tale whose mordant humor, poignancy and suspense pack a breathtaking wallop. A social outcast in junior high due to his excessive weight, narrator Eric Calhoune found a kindred spirit in Sarah Byrnes, whose face and hands were hideously disfigured in a childhood accident. Now a senior and considerably slimmed down through competitive swimming (though still aptly called ``Moby''), Eric remains fiercely devoted to his friend, whose caustic tongue is her only protection from life's inequities. When Sarah abruptly stops talking and is committed to a mental ward, Eric is compelled to take action to help her, but quickly finds that he is in over his head. He risks their friendship by breaking his vow of secrecy and enlisting others' aid--help that comes from such unlikely quarters as a former bully, Eric's swim coach and, most surprisingly, his mother's seemingly wimpy boyfriend. A subplot centering on a self-righteous teammate drives home the point that nothing is as it appears on the surface, and leads to Eric being caught between his menacing vice-principal and the even more malevolent Mr. Byrnes--with spine-tingling results. Superb plotting, extraordinary characters and crackling narrative make this novel one to be devoured in a single unforgettable sitting. Ages 12-up.
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