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Fat Kid Rules the World

Name: Fat Kid Rules the World
ISBN: 9780142402085

K. L. Going

Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · November 1, 2004

Reading lane: Bullying

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Bullying Peer Pressure for Teens Music Stories for Teens friendship

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Why This Clicks

Punk Rock, New Start

A candid, irreverent voice meets an unlikely friendship and the unruly promise of punk.

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Punk-rock ambition with an unlikely drummer
A friendship that makes room for change

Expect

Troy’s candid, irreverent perspective
A mix of humor and hard-won hope

Book Details

Authors: K. L. Going
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: November 1, 2004
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: Bullying · Peer Pressure for Teens
Reading lane: Bullying

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Music Stories for Teens
Friendship for Teens
Teen Suicide

About This Book

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A Michael L. Printz Honor Book Troy Billings is seventeen, 296 pounds, friendless, utterly miserable, and about to step off a New York subway platform in front of an oncoming train. Until he meets Curt MacCrae, an emaciated, semi-homeless, high school dropout guitar genius, the stuff of which Lower East Side punk rock legends are made. Never mind that Troy’s dad thinks Curt’s a drug addict and Troy’s brother thinks Troy’s the biggest (literally) loser in Manhattan. Soon, Curt’s recruited Troy as his new drummer—even though Troy can’t play the drums. Together, Curt and Troy will change the world of punk, and Troy’s own life, forever. "Troy's voice is candid, irreverent, realistic and humorous. [A] wonderful, engrossing tale."— SLJ An ALA BBYA A BCCB Blue Ribbon Book A Booklist Editors' Choice An SLJ Best Book of the Year A Miami Herald Best Book of the Year