Fat Kid Rules the World

EPUB, 192 pages

Published Nov. 18, 2004 by Speak.

ISBN:: 978-1-101-55493-7
OCLC Number:: 59876508
ASIN:: B006URPSCM
Audible ASIN:: B002WV4OES

Troy Billings at 6'1", 296 pounds, is standing at the edge of a subway platform seriously contemplating suicide when he meets Curt MacCrae -a sage-like, semi-homeless punk guitar genius who also happens to be a drop-out legend at Troy's school on the Lower East Side of Manhattan."I saved your life. You owe me lunch," Curt tells Troy, and Troy can't imagine refusing; after all, think of the headline: FAT KID ARGUES WITH PIECE OF TWINE. But with Curt, Troy gets more than he bargained for and soon finds himself recruited as Curt's drummer. "We'll be called Rage/Tectonic. Sort of a punk rock, Clash sort of thing," Curt informs him. There's only one problem. Troy can't play the drums. Oh yes, and his father thinks Curt's a drug addict. And his brother thinks Troy's a loser. But with Curt, anything is possible. "You'll see," says Curt. "We're going to be HUGE." …

Troy Billings at 6'1", 296 pounds, is standing at the edge of a subway platform seriously contemplating suicide when he meets Curt MacCrae -a sage-like, semi-homeless punk guitar genius who also happens to be a drop-out legend at Troy's school on the Lower East Side of Manhattan."I saved your life. You owe me lunch," Curt tells Troy, and Troy can't imagine refusing; after all, think of the headline: FAT KID ARGUES WITH PIECE OF TWINE. But with Curt, Troy gets more than he bargained for and soon finds himself recruited as Curt's drummer. "We'll be called Rage/Tectonic. Sort of a punk rock, Clash sort of thing," Curt informs him. There's only one problem. Troy can't play the drums. Oh yes, and his father thinks Curt's a drug addict. And his brother thinks Troy's a loser. But with Curt, anything is possible. "You'll see," says Curt. "We're going to be HUGE." In an outstanding, funny, edgy debut, K. L. Going presents two unlikely friends who ultimately save each other.

2 editions

Rain's Reading Log reviewed Fat Kid Rules the World by K. L. Going

The Book that Taught Me to Read

4 stars

Is this book great? No but it is the first "Novel" that I can recall reading from start to finish on my own and actually comprehending the whole way through. Which proved to 8th grade self (Age 13) that my brain was not broken and I could actually read a "real book without pictures", even if I did only pick this book up because the "lol so random funny title".

The wannabe punk story it tells is not bad and pretty keeps your interest. Though where this book does really shine is its characters and how the protagonist actually feels like a real person and not just "some fat kid".

The movie by the same name that came out years latter is kind of a poorly paced speed run of the story.

Is this book great? No but it is the first "Novel" that I can recall reading from start to finish on my own and actually comprehending the whole way through. Which proved to 8th grade self (Age 13) that my brain was not broken and I could actually read a "real book without pictures", even if I did only pick this book up because the "lol so random funny title".

The wannabe punk story it tells is not bad and pretty keeps your interest. Though where this book does really shine is its characters and how the protagonist actually feels like a real person and not just "some fat kid".

The movie by the same name that came out years latter is kind of a poorly paced speed run of the story.

Rain's Reading Log

rated it

August 23

Subjects

Fiction
Young Adult

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