![]() ![]() And of standing up for people less advantaged than yourself. ![]() There are themes of bullying-in all its various levels and impacts-of justice, of shame, of anger, of apology and moving on, and most of all-of becoming a person who sees other people as people. Those who preach rigidity and a hard line, but there seems to be a sliding scale when it comes to their own actions? The ones who rail against abortion and taking lives, but don't seem to give a damn after the baby is born? The hypocritical people who refuse to believe that there is another way of thinking or rightness beyond their own.despite billions of people in the world not sharing their particular faith.īut this, surprisingly enough, is only a subplot in this fascinating and surprisingly heavy book that's at once YA problem novel and mystery-thriller. This book swings a fucking sledge hammer towards people of that kind of Christianity. Why isn't she talking? What happened? How can he help? As school and swimming and local bigots take up more of his time, Eric is drawn to the mystery of Sarah Byrnes. ![]() Well, he's not as fat as he used to be and he's not as fat as he'd like to be-not with his best friend, Sarah Byrnes, in the hospital and not talking to anyone. Trigger Warning: fatphobia, binge eating, child abuse, suicideĮric is fat. ![]()
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