Title: Slob
Author: Ellen Potter
Website: http://www.ellenpotter.com/
Summary: Twelve-year-old Owen Birnbaum is the fattest kid in school. But he’s also a genius who invents cool contraptions— like a TV that shows the past. Something happened two years ago that he needs to see. But genius or not, there is much Owen can’t outthink. Like his gym coach, who’s on a mission to humiliate him. Or the way his Oreos keep disappearing from his lunch. He’s sure that if he can only get the TV to work, things will start to make sense. But it will take a revelation for Owen, not science, to see the answer’s not in the past, but the present. That no matter how large he is on the outside, he doesn’t have to feel small on the inside.With her trademark humor, Ellen Potter has created a larger-than-life character and story whose weight is immense when measured in heart.
My take: It took me two times to read this book as the first time I wasn't sure I would like it. But boy, I'm glad I went back and read it again. It tells the agony of growing up overweight and how Owen works at it. He becomes friends with unique people and it all comes together in the end. I loved the inventions he came up with and for a while, was a little peturbed about how some of these worked. But (I won't spoil it) I was really surprised how it turned out in the end. This is a good book for kids from 9-14 and those who have trouble fitting in. What kid does NOT have problems fitting in with their friends? Enjoy this book.
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