![]() ![]() ![]() The title of the paper refers to Sarah Byrnes' scarred face and hands, a result of burns she received at the age of three, and Moby's excess body fat. Moby and Sarah Byrnes created a newspaper in junior high called Crispy Pork Rinds. Moby sees Sarah Byrnes everyday, talking to her about their escapades in junior high when they were both outcasts tortured by bullies who seemed to take special interest in the two of them. Moby does not know if Sarah Byrnes is faking but is determined to do all he can to make her okay again. Moby visits Sarah Byrnes, his best friend, in the hospital where she was taken after she quit speaking. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes is about being an outcast, about friendship, and about standing up for what is right, even when it means betraying the trust of the one who has always been there. Moby does not know who he can trust but finds himself turning to the most unlikely people to find a way to protect his best friend. Now Sarah Byrnes needs Moby to be her strength like she was his in junior high. Sarah Byrnes, a young woman disfigured by burns she received when she was three, has always been a friend to Moby even when his excess weight made him an outcast at school. Moby is a high school senior whose best friend, Sarah Byrnes, has been put in a hospital because she refuses to speak. Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes is a young adult novel by writer Chris Crutcher. ![]()
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