Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes
Crutcher, C. (1993). Staying fat for Sarah Byrnes. NY: Greenwillow Books. Eric, the fat boy, and Sarah Byrnes, the girl with a scarred face, have been friends for many years. Eric joins the swim team and no longer has to be fat to be Sarah Byrnes' friend. Sarah Byrnes stops talking and is taken to a hospital where Eric visits her daily. Eric learns that the story of how she was burned is a lie, and her father purposely burned her face when she was a little girl. The side story is that of Eric and his classmates debating social issues like abortion and religion in a class. Sarah Byrnes' dad becomes violent went his daughter leaves the hospital and stabs Eric. Sarah Byrnes life turns around when the swim coach adopts her right before her 18th birthday. We want to share books with young adults that will help them develop empathy. Reading this book will give them insight on people that have difficult childhoods and being disfigured. I hope that this will help readers become kinder towards others. I enjoyed this book and I was so glad it had a happy ending.
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