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A review by falconerreader
Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes by Chris Crutcher
4.0
I did not expect the last quarter of the book to get into thriller territory, but I was on the edge of my seat. I also love how Crutcher finds so many different ways for his characters to step up. "Ain't it a trip where heroes come from," says Moby towards the end. Evil is there too, as well as some more nuanced messed-up-ness.
Side question: has there ever been a vice principal in literature who isn't a complete a-hole? Sometimes principals are cast in a positive light, but between Orbiting Jupiter's Mr. Canton and this book's Mr. Mautz, I'm reminded clearly of why we referred to one of the VPs in my middle school as "Vice Principal in Charge of Getting People in Trouble."
After seeing Chris Crutcher as a character in The Sledding Hill, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that Moby has read Stotan!, one of Crutcher's earlier works.
There's a scene where an adult steps in and takes charge of a situation teens are trying to solve on their own. As an adult, I really loved that, although I can imagine kids might find it irritating or less inspiring. But seriously, the grownups are supposed to be helpful in a crisis. After a lifetime of being somewhere between neglected and abused, it hadn't occurred to Sarah Byrnes that she didn't have to save herself.
Side question: has there ever been a vice principal in literature who isn't a complete a-hole? Sometimes principals are cast in a positive light, but between Orbiting Jupiter's Mr. Canton and this book's Mr. Mautz, I'm reminded clearly of why we referred to one of the VPs in my middle school as "Vice Principal in Charge of Getting People in Trouble."
After seeing Chris Crutcher as a character in The Sledding Hill, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that Moby has read Stotan!, one of Crutcher's earlier works.
There's a scene where an adult steps in and takes charge of a situation teens are trying to solve on their own. As an adult, I really loved that, although I can imagine kids might find it irritating or less inspiring. But seriously, the grownups are supposed to be helpful in a crisis. After a lifetime of being somewhere between neglected and abused, it hadn't occurred to Sarah Byrnes that she didn't have to save herself.