Heroism - that's what this book is about! How seeming misfits rise above taunts, bullying, insensitive - and sometimes even cruel - adults, to become caring, self-sacrificing, belief-driven individuals. Dealing with such issues as abortion, abuse, overweight kids, suicide, and abandonment, Staying for Fat for Sarah Byrnes, captures and holds the reader's interest as we wait for Sarah to emerge from her catatonic state, and as we witness swimmer Eric Calhoune's attempts to help her. We learn that "most tough problems in the world run into each other. ...Our points of view - the way we perceive things - are inexplicably linked to our beliefs...Our beliefs color what we see."
ALA Best Book for YA
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