bowienerd_82 's review for:

Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
4.0

I see that the author, Chris Crutcher, worked as a family therapist and child protection specialist, and I think that experience comes through. He really knows his stuff when it comes to traumatized teens, and it makes the book work in ways it wouldn't in less skilled hands.

This is an engaging book that took some turns I wasn't expecting, and kept me on the edge of my seat throughout (not something I can frequently say about YA novels).