Smith, Period Two
Fat Kid Rules the World
Going, K. L. Fat Kid Rules the World
Penguin Group: 2004
Heart
Personal Collection
Young Adult
192 Pages.
Sure, everyone has times of being depressed and feeling lonely. Troy Billings, was 296 pounds and 6'1". He feels lonely and disclosed from his family, and has no close friends. One day he was walking around town, thinking about suicide and what he could do. Troy meets Curt MacCrae (a young version of Kurt Cobain) Curt was a drug-addict dropout, sometimes homeless, guitar punk. He is a legend at Troy's school, everyone knows who he is. Curt saves Troy's life when he tries to commit suicide, and so he tells Troy that he owes him lunch.
Troy buys Curt lunch and realizes that he is not an ordinary person. He could tell something is seriously wrong with Curt. Throughout the book, Troy becomes close with Curt and develops a strong and solid relationship with him. Troy has no self esteem, and talks about how bad his life is and how much he hates himself. Since Curt plays guitar and sings, he decides to teach Troy to play drums. Troy picks up the drums pretty well, and they end up playing a show. Everyone at the club is amazed at Curt's talent. But then Curt's drug problems take over him, and he ends up getting himself into a lot of trouble, and becomes very ill. Troy's father and Troy's brother also learn to care for Curt, because his parents are not very good role models and do not care for him very much. He becomes a part of their family, and Troy's father feeds Curt and lets him shower there and gives him a place to stay when he needs it.
The story takes place in New York City, near Manhattan. The setting of this story is very important to the story because Manhattan is a place for lots of clubs and music. The setting allowed Curt and Troy to play shows with their band, and explore themselves as individuals. The setting allowed the teenagers to get involved in their music scene, and always gave them places to go and learn about the world.
The Author's style was very precise and very easy to read. The level of readability is young adult. It is a very easy read, but that does not take away from how great the story is. I would recommend this story to any teenager who loves music, drama stories, and any teenager who wants to explore the life of two troubled teenagers.
Penguin Group: 2004
Heart
Personal Collection
Young Adult
192 Pages.
Sure, everyone has times of being depressed and feeling lonely. Troy Billings, was 296 pounds and 6'1". He feels lonely and disclosed from his family, and has no close friends. One day he was walking around town, thinking about suicide and what he could do. Troy meets Curt MacCrae (a young version of Kurt Cobain) Curt was a drug-addict dropout, sometimes homeless, guitar punk. He is a legend at Troy's school, everyone knows who he is. Curt saves Troy's life when he tries to commit suicide, and so he tells Troy that he owes him lunch.
Troy buys Curt lunch and realizes that he is not an ordinary person. He could tell something is seriously wrong with Curt. Throughout the book, Troy becomes close with Curt and develops a strong and solid relationship with him. Troy has no self esteem, and talks about how bad his life is and how much he hates himself. Since Curt plays guitar and sings, he decides to teach Troy to play drums. Troy picks up the drums pretty well, and they end up playing a show. Everyone at the club is amazed at Curt's talent. But then Curt's drug problems take over him, and he ends up getting himself into a lot of trouble, and becomes very ill. Troy's father and Troy's brother also learn to care for Curt, because his parents are not very good role models and do not care for him very much. He becomes a part of their family, and Troy's father feeds Curt and lets him shower there and gives him a place to stay when he needs it.
The story takes place in New York City, near Manhattan. The setting of this story is very important to the story because Manhattan is a place for lots of clubs and music. The setting allowed Curt and Troy to play shows with their band, and explore themselves as individuals. The setting allowed the teenagers to get involved in their music scene, and always gave them places to go and learn about the world.
The Author's style was very precise and very easy to read. The level of readability is young adult. It is a very easy read, but that does not take away from how great the story is. I would recommend this story to any teenager who loves music, drama stories, and any teenager who wants to explore the life of two troubled teenagers.
4 comments:
Fat Kid..
This book looks very interesting to me and i will probably read it if i'm not to busy.
Fat kid seems interesting to me because i am a Nirvana fan. I could see myself relating to the theme of this book as well.
Thanks Randy (you should read Kurt Cobain, Journals if you havnt already)
I would like to read this book because i am a nirvana fan and would like to read about a young kurt cobain. I also would like to read this book because it deals with the same things I typically enjoy reading and learning about.
This book appeals to me because it is targeted towards young adults and the theme of the story keeps me intrested.
Although i am not a fan of nirvina, i might read this book because you made it sound intresting! good job bro!
this book seems really good!!! By the description it seems like its more of a real world book and that it includes real life senarios. looks good :)
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