Fat Kid Rules the World - by K L Going (Paperback)

About the Book

This Michael L. Printz Honor Book and "School Library Journal" Best Book of the Year is an engaging debut--the story of two unlikely friends who meet when a high-school dropout talks a boy out of suicide and who ultimately save each other.

Book Synopsis

A MICHAEL L. PRINTZ HONOR BOOK - A captivating coming-of-age tale that beautifully capture the transformative power of friendship and the raw energy of punk rock.

"Funny and heart-wrenching."--BCCB, starred review

"Amazing."--Booklist, starred review

"Candid, irreverent, realistic, and humorous."--School Library Journal, starred review

Troy Billing is: Seventeen, 290 pounds, friendless, utterly miserable, and about to step off the 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--despite the fact that Troy can't play the drums. Together, Curt and Troy will change the world of punk, and Troy's own life, forever.

A Best Book of the Year: Miami Herald, Booklist, and School Library Journal

Review Quotes

"Funny and heart-wrenching."--BCCB, starred review

"Amazing."--Booklist, starred review

"Troy's voice is candid, irreverent, realistic and humorous. [A] wonderful, engrossing tale."--School Library Journal

About the Author

K. L. Going lives with her family in the Hudson Valley area of New York State. Since graduating from college she has worked as an adult literacy tutor, a ticket agent for a major airline, a front desk clerk at a resort hotel, and an assistant in a Manhattan literary agency. She has lived in Maine, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Louisiana and New York. K.L. is the author of many books, including Fat Kid Rules The World, The Liberation of Gabriel King, and Dog in Charge. Her first novel, Fat Kid Rules the World, was a YALSA Michael L. Printz honor book.