Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
Eric Calhoune is a swimmer. He really likes a girl named Jody, but Jody happens to be dating a douchecanoe named Mark Brittain. Eric's best friend is Sarah Byrnes, who is in a mental facility. He goes to see her nearly every day, and she just sits there. She won't talk. Sarah Byrnes has a lot going on and a reason for not talking; if she doesn't talk, she has to go back to her dad. Her dad is a psycho.
How do we know Sarah Byrnes' dad is a psycho? Well, Sarah Byrnes' face is disfigured. First we're told that it is because she pulled a pot of boiling spaghetti on herself when she was three, but we later find out that isn't true.
Eric does everything he can for Sarah Byrnes, all the while getting Mark Brittain riled up. This was a fantastic read, and I got to enjoy it with my 4th period PreAP class. I'd like to believe they enjoyed it as much as I did.
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