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Troy Billings is a seventeen year old,6'1'' (6 foot 1 inch), 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... read more
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Summary edit
a boy named troy has absouloutly no confedence in himself, so he almost commits suicide, that is until a guitar player stops him.
troy and this shaggy looking guitar player have lunch together, and troy ends up in his band as the drummer.
find out how troy makes it in life in fat kid...
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Characters/People edit
- Curt Maccrae: a skinny unhealthy drug addict who can rock the guitar
- Dayle: a healthy well balanced muscular boy who is very sporty and has a mean side
- Troy: a fat nobody who is desperate for a life
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- Leon
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“"Anyway, my point is, and this is the point I'm trying to make, is to like what you like, right? Because we've all got our reasons for liking and if you dont like what you like then you really aren't liking. So, if you like Smack Metal Puppets thats cool. But if you like Barry Manilow or Air Supply, then, hell, the powers still yours so long as you own it. Got me T?"”
Curt
Organizations edit
- the smak metal puppets: a band that curt likes and knows
First Sentence edit
I'M A SWEATING FAT KID standing on the edge of the subway platform staring at the tracks.
Themes & Symbolism edit
- normal people: people who dont stick out or are very self cosious
Series & Lists edit
This is book 58 of 100 in ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- K. L. Going (Author)
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ISBN: 0142402087
Page Count: 192
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ISBN: 0142402087
Page Count: 192
Awards edit
- Michael L. Printz Award (Finalist, 2004, Honor Book)
Subjects edit
- Books › Teens › Social Issues › Suicide › Fiction
- Books › Teens › Social Issues › Being a Teen
- Books › Teens › Literature & Fiction
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