Name: Fat Kid Rules the World

Author: K. L. Going
Year: 2003
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Young adult, Music, Humor

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9780142402085
0142402087
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
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