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Tressa
Jul 10, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: bullying, teen
I think about this book often, especially when summer rolls around, and came here to give it a well-deserved 5 star rating.

This is a wonderful teen book about how a teenager handles bullies, disappointed parents, a grumpy old man, and a perfect sister, all who give him grief about being overweight. They all try to break him or change him through humiliation, pestering, or shame, but it's not until he decides it's time to change his body and lot in life that he's able to overcome a weight proble
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Laura
Jan 18, 2008 rated it really liked it
karen
Apr 08, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: teen-faves
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Shelves: 1980s_reads