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Item Details
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BUTTER
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| By: |
Erin Jade Lange |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
| List price:
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£4.16 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0571294413 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780571294411 |
| Publisher: |
FABER & FABER |
| Pub. date: |
26 February, 2013 |
| Pages: |
352 |
| Description: |
A story of a lonely 423-pound boy everyone calls 'Butter'. Worse than being ridiculed for his size at high school, he is simply ignored. Desperate, he pledges to eat himself to death live on the Internet - and everyone will watch. When he makes this announcement online, he expects pity, insults, or possibly sheer indifference. |
| Synopsis: |
You think I eat a lot now? That's nothing. Tune in December 31st, when I will stream a live webcast of my last meal. Death row inmates get one. Why shouldn't I? I can't take another year in this fat suit, but I can end this year with a bang. If you can stomach it, you're invited to watch...as I eat myself to death. Butter so starts "Butter", the story of a lonely 423-pound boy everyone calls 'Butter'. Worse than being ridiculed for his size at high school, he is simply ignored. Desperate, he pledges to eat himself to death live on the Internet - and everyone will watch. When he makes this announcement online, he expects pity, insults, or possibly sheer indifference. Instead, his classmates become morbid cheerleaders for his deadly plan. Yet as their dark encouragement grows, it begins to feel a lot like popularity. And that feels good. But what happens when Butter reaches his suicide deadline? Readers will be surprised to find themselves identifying with both the bullied...and the bullies. |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Faber Children's Books |
| Prizes: |
Short-listed for Waterstones Children's Book Prize: Teen Books Category 2014 |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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