Fat Kid Rules the World

English

ISBN: 0399239901

EAN: 9780399239908

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Drugs, Alcohol, Substance Abuse/Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / Suicide/Juvenile Fiction / Performing Arts / Music/Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / General/Juvenile Fiction / General/Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / General/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 03/13/2004

Age Range: 10-UP

Synopsis: Troy Billings at 61, 296 pounds, is standing at the edge of a subway platform seriously contemplating suicide when he meets Curt MacCrae -a sage-like, semi-homeless punk guitar genius who also happens to be a drop-out legend at Troys school on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. I saved your life. You owe me lunch, Curt tells Troy, and Troy cant imagine refusing; after all, think of the headline: FAT KID ARGUES WITH PIECE OF TWINE. But with Curt, Troy gets more than he bargained for and soon finds himself recruited as Curts drummer. Well be called Rage/Tectonic. Sort of a punk rock, Clash sort of thing, Curt informs him. Theres only one problem. Troy cant play the drums. Oh yes, and his father thinks Curts a drug addict. And his brother thinks Troys a loser. But with Curt, anything is possible. Youll see, says Curt. Were going to be HUGE. In an outstanding, funny, edgy debut, K. L. Going presents two unlikely friends who ultimately save each other.

Awards: Bluegrass Award – null  Evergreen Young Adult Book Award – null  Garden State Teen Book Award – null  Michael L. Printz Award – null  SCASL Book Award (South Carolina) – null  School Library Journal Best Books of the Year – null  Virginia Readers Choice Awards – null  Volunteer State Book Award – null  Young Readers Choice Award – null 

Fat Kid Rules the World

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.78 inches

Width: 5.84 inches

Length: 8.54 inches

Weight: 11.85 oz

Pages: 224