Butter

£5.99

Butter

Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction

Author: Erin Lange

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Language: English

Published by: Faber & Faber

Published on: 26th February 2013

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 404 Kb

ISBN: 9780571294411


Introduction

You think I eat a lot now? That's nothing. Tune in December 31st, when I will stream a live webcast of my last meal. Death row inmates get one. Why shouldn't I? I can't take another year in this fat suit, but I can end this year with a bang. If you can stomach it, you're invited to watch . . . as I eat myself to death.

About Butter

Butter starts Butter, the story of a lonely 423-pound boy everyone calls 'Butter'. Worse than being ridiculed for his size at high school, he is simply ignored. Desperate, he pledges to eat himself to death live on the Internet - and everyone will watch. When he makes this announcement online, he expects pity, insults, or possibly sheer indifference. Instead, his classmates become morbid cheerleaders for his deadly plan.

The Dark Turn

Yet as their dark encouragement grows, it begins to feel a lot like popularity. And that feels good. But what happens when Butter reaches his suicide deadline?

Reader Reflection

Readers will be surprised to find themselves identifying with both the bullied . . . and the bullies.

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