Both are social outcasts, Eric being extremely overweight and Sarah Byrnes being horribly scarred from a childhood burn incident. The story revolves around Eric Calhoune and his long-standing friendship with Sarah Byrnes. I just finished the book Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher. Even though I had read the book before, I still didn't know how it was going to end! Any book that keeps me up late, racing through its pages, is a keeper. Lemry present issues for discussion in her class, Crutcher is able to use debate to further his plot and increase the tension. When Sarah's family issues and Eric's classmates' problems all come to a head, he wishes that all he'd need to do to make things better would be to eat too much.Ĭhris Crutcher discusses challenging topics clearly and in a clever way.

In order to prove his friendship, he continues to eat and stay big. The outcasts band together until Eric joins the swim team and begins to gain weight. Eric has been overweight his entire life and gained strength from his friendship with Sarah Byrnes, a tough girl who has burns all over her face and hands. Staying Fat is a story about friendship through the most difficult times. Lemry, the controversial teacher, in addition to Eric Calhoune, the intended protagonist.

In my rereading, I see that my interest gravitates to Ms. Now I am a teacher and know that some of my students have the same problems. At the time, I was in early high school and thankfully not dealing with the issues of the book's characters. While reading Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes, I realized that I had read this novel before, when I was in the target demographic.

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