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Fat Kid Rules The World

by K.L. Going (Goodreads Author)

3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 · rating details · 3,914 ratings · 483 reviews

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...more

Hardcover, 224 pages

Published June 23rd 2003 by Putnam Juvenile

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Feb 23, 2011 Mariel rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Help me I'm hungry

Recommended to Mariel by: Gypsies, Tramps And Thieves

Confession #1: I found Fat Kid Rules the World from putting in "Matthew Lillard" into goodreads. Somehow, I didn't realize that Lillard read the audio book until after I picked up the printed book for me, myself and I to read (I passed it to my twin to read first. I'm not selfish. She doesn't like to read books I've read first, for some reason).

Useless backstory trivia about me: Lauren has been on a campaign to ruin my reputation for years and years (since the '90s!). She has this idea that I t...more Confession #1: I found Fat Kid Rules the World from putting in "Matthew Lillard" into goodreads. Somehow, I didn't realize that Lillard read the audio book until after I picked up the printed book for me, myself and I to read (I passed it to my twin to read first. I'm not selfish. She doesn't like to read books I've read first, for some reason).

Useless backstory trivia about me: Lauren has been on a campaign to ruin my reputation for years and years (since the '90s!). She has this idea that I think I have cool taste and she wants people to know that I don't. The best way to do this was to tell everyone that I'm a died in the wool Matthew Lillard fan. (My attempt at retaliation backfired. I tell people she is a devoted Ted Nugent fan. "So? I've got Cat Scratch Fever. What of it?" She cannot be bested
!) Somehow I became a Matthew Lillard fan after all of those birthdays and Christmases of Matthew Lillard presents. If I can't beat 'em...
Anyway, Lillard does the audio. I wish that I had listened to the audio. I get the feeling that Fat Kid Rules the World would have endeared itself to me many times over that way. As is it is a four star book on my goodreads bookshelf.

Does anyone remember that great speech that Buffy gives to Jonathan when he wants to kill himself? She thinks he's going to take out the other kids with a rifle from the school clocktower. It's all about how people don't hear other people's pain 'cause they are busy with their own. Fat Kid is like that speech. That's a great message.

But I'm busy with my own pain! I liked the book an awful lot. It just didn't engage me more past that... I don't know... Message? Like when you see someone on the street and you nod your head in respect but they don't take you home with them. Funny, that was the whole point of the book, that you don't see into other people. That thinking too hard can drown out what is happening. I can't ever see enough. But it is hard to take it all at once. It is tiring. I'm sure Matthew Lillard agrees with me. There's always other chances, though.

Curt was totally based on Kurt Cobain. He definitely got tired.
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Jul 19, 2007 Brittanie rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Skinny people who hate fat people

Shelves: ya-realistic-fiction, could-never-finish_junkjunkjunk

I absolutely loathed this book. It has a completely unrealistic view of fat kids based solely off of stereotypes. The kid is only 300 lbs. but can barely walk without feeling like dying? And he's described as being pretty tall, so all in all, he wouldn't be that big, fat-wise. Being a big person myself, I found this distasteful and think that K.L. Going should have done a little more field research before making the easily lovable main character one big fat joke.

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Sep 17, 2008 Valerie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult

I loved this book (Fat Kid Rules the World). Six-foot-one, 296-pound Troy is just looking for something that we're all searching for - acceptance. When he meets Curt, a mostly homeless punk prodigy who decides that Troy is going to be his drummer (even though Troy hasn't played since the seventh grade), Troy needs to weigh his own feelings of fear and inadequacy against his desire to stop giving a fuck and just go for it.

When he goes to his first punk rock show and completely loses himself in th...more

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Nov 07, 2007 Courtney rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-lit, music-reads

Wonderful story about a little Kurt Cobain like boy whose fat friend Troy tries to save him from himself. This is probably the most fat-positive fiction I've ever read for teens, as the story talks about society's reactions to Troy's weight but does not conclude with "and he gets skinny and popular". Instead, he helps a friend, sees the value of his family and finds a new community in punk rock.

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Mar 06, 2008 Nomy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

i saw this on someone else's goodreads and have been meaning to read it for a while... it's a "young adult" book so it took basically one day to read. i have mixed feelings. i always love books about teenagers coming into punk rock, it's such a liberation story, and one that i relate to - finally having a space to be yourself and not give a fuck and be part of something by embracing your outcast qualities. fuck yeah. i like that this book does not end with the fat kid losing weight, or even thin...more i saw this on someone else's goodreads and have been meaning to read it for a while... it's a "young adult" book so it took basically one day to read. i have mixed feelings. i always love books about teenagers coming into punk rock, it's such a liberation story, and one that i relate to - finally having a space to be yourself and not give a fuck and be part of something by embracing your outcast qualities. fuck yeah. i like that this book does not end with the fat kid losing weight, or even thinking about it, but instead becoming a punk rock drummer. the character of curt, the homeless guitar god, was almost realistic but ultimately kind of a fairy tale. the drug intervention felt convenient and moralistic.

the hardest thing about this book was the constant fat bashing that goes on in the main character's head, complete with these weird gimmicky headlines, like FAT KID EATS THE BIG ONE, FAT KID GETS PUMMELED BY MOB, FAT KID DIVES OFF THE FIRE ESCAPE, etc... so the thing is, it's realistic that fat would be the top thing on this kid's mind, and it's a hard line to walk to show how that plays out psychologically, without reducing every aspect of a person to that one thing. the author of this book is not fat, i checked out the picture in the back of the book, so it's all speculation and projection (although i guess she could have been fat as a teenager). i swear she describes every single part of his body as fat at one time or another, i'm surprised she didn't talk about fat eyeballs, fat teeth, fat fingernails. Also! this kid is 17, 300 pounds and six foot one - which, honestly, is a very big person, but is also not really as fat as she's trying to say he is. i don't know. it's hard to read and not internalize some of the fat hatred. but it's also kind of cool to witness someone at the depths of self hatred start to have a life. it's like a different version of the way my story could have played out.

this was a kid who had totally given up on life, didn't ahve any friends, any interests, hobbies, hopes and dreams, nothing... so this is really different from my experience as a teenager, which included the fat hatred and also included lots of times where i convinced myself that i wasn't that fat, or went on diets, or compared my body to other people, or decided it didn't matter, and eventually became a fat activist. none of this really happens in this book. but he does get some perspective on himself and inspiration from his magic-fairy friend curt who insists he be in a band with him. i don't know. i feel like there's some point i want to come to but i'm not sure what it is. it's a book for teenagers, and i think teenagers would like it. it's corny but also kind of great. i enjoyed it and was annoyed by it the whole time. that's all. :)(less)

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May 25, 2012 Natalie rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I liked it. I think its a nice quick read that does capture discovering punk rock very well. Pretty sure I am in love with Curt. That being said I find that the fat kid is overdramatized a bit harshly and becomes annoying in how it continues to be ridiculous. Curt does make up for it for me. I have to say I love the movie wayyyy more!! the book had no awesome girls just groupies which was a bummer especially considering a girl wrote it. Kurt needed a nice little punk rock girl, I volunteer! it i...more

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May 05, 2013 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

While this book has some faults, it was overall a good read. The only real qualm I have about it is the portrayal of the punk scene, and some other little tid-bits all relating to punk, but I’ll get to that.

Fat Kid Rules the World begins with the fat kid, Troy, contemplating suicide down in a subway. He imagines it so thoroughly that the explosion of his guts actually makes him laugh hysterically. He’s kept from actually performing that act by a kid name Curt. Curt saves him so Troy has to buy h...more

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Apr 02, 2013 Michael O'donnell added it · review of another edition

All in all I more than enjoyed the book though it had its moments where it was less than realistic. Troy, an almost 300 pound and 6 foot 1 high school student has his problems in life and actually has suicidal thoughts. His outlook is not very good and he has a little if any self esteem but that was changed when he met a legendary drop out from his school, curt, who in turn made him the drummer of a new band he was starting. In the end the only thing Troy wants is to be accepted and that's what...more

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Nov 30, 2012 Nisa Buke rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Troy is a 300 pound high schooler living in USA who is about to attempt suicide but is interrupted by a drug-addicted guitar genius called Curt. Troy has a lunch with Curt and the friendship follows as Troy lies to to the crazy guitarist about being a drummer. The story unfolds as Troy starts to take drum lessons from a friend of Curt. Curt is an original character. He is an extraordinary person who dedicates himself to punk rock and its ideology. I realized that he has has a lot in common with...more Troy is a 300 pound high schooler living in USA who is about to attempt suicide but is interrupted by a drug-addicted guitar genius called Curt. Troy has a lunch with Curt and the friendship follows as Troy lies to to the crazy guitarist about being a drummer. The story unfolds as Troy starts to take drum lessons from a friend of Curt. Curt is an original character. He is an extraordinary person who dedicates himself to punk rock and its ideology. I realized that he has has a lot in common with Kurt Cobain with his highly original and sometimes depressive thoughts. Although he thinks generally in a depressive way, throughout the pages we see Curt helping Troy with his very low self-esteem. He teaches Troy, and the readers, that the invidual is unique and no one is perfect, even the ones that seem to be perfect are trying extremely hard to look that way. The book is pretty good if you are interested in music and love the thrill of rush. Sometimes you get goose-bumps reading this story because you feel sorry and fascinated at the same time when Curt steps into the scene. I think that the author is also pretty succesful at portraying Troy’s inner world full of concerns and disappointmes very similar to ours. But the problem with the book is that the book kind of gives the message that fat people are always the loser ones and are tend to be isolated from the society just because of their look. If I were a 300 pound boy, I would feel worse reading this book. The only think the author needs is to have empathy a little bit. I believe that her aim was to courage those people but I unfortunately think that this book does nothing but humiliate them. The book is most suitable for teenagers and young adults between 15-25 because I believe that a 50 year old man or a woman wouldn’t be interested in reading such a book that’s about highschoolars into punk-rock. To sum up a little bit I generally can state that this book is worth reading for its valuable life lessons although there is a big prejudice going about fat people. (less)

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Sep 17, 2012 fuzzgig rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Being 300 pounds makes high school life miserable for 17 year old, Troy Billings. He has no friends and even his own brother and father seem to loathe him. But just as he's contemplating stepping in front of a subway train, he meets Curt MacCrae, a local legend and guitar phenom. Curt is patterned after a young Kurt Cobain. He is a skinny, sickly high school dropout with stringy blond hair who can entrance everybody with his music.

Troy can hardly believe that he has actually made a friend. But h...more

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Aug 01, 2012 Nick rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult-fiction

This book took me by surprise in many ways. A story about a fat kid becoming a punk rock drummer? Why would this be interesting?
K. L. Going found a way.
Troy has been gaining weight and losing confidence ever since the death of his mother. Curt, a former student from his high school, has become a local guitar legend, and Curt has decided that Troy will be a rock drummer. Troy hasn't played the drums since 7th grade, and is terrified of being on stage in front of an audience. Their journey into m...more

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Feb 28, 2012 Chris Murray rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: boy-book, lis722, realistic-fiction, ya

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Troy is considering killing himself by stepping off the subway platform into the path of an oncoming train, when he is interrupted by Curt, a guitar player who is famous at Troy's high school. Curt decides he wants Troy to be the drummer for what will be the next breakout punk band, Rage Tectonic. The problem is Troy hasn’t played the drums since seventh grade, and he doesn’t think he can do it. Undeterred, Curt pushes, cajoles, and manipulates Troy into thinking maybe he can learn. The...more

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Jan 31, 2012 Marissa Garcia rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

K.L. Going is NOT an obese teenage boy. She is a tiny female, no bigger than, say, a 12 year old girl. It is evident that she is not a 400 pound teenage boy in almost all of her main character's internal thoughts about his condition. Sure, the feelings of extreme physical and emotional discomfort is everywhere in the book. But it's got this strange tinge of inauthentic wind to it. It just isn't true to life. Going will never know precisely how to depict the internal experience of a fat teenage b...more

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Dec 12, 2011 Julian Makarechi rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I am reading Fat Kid Rules The World by K.L.Going. This book was so outstanding that it received a Michael Printz Honor Book award! This book can inspire people to do anything they want to do. To never give up and be down on yourself. Even though this book is banned in Virginia, it should not be at all; this story is a life lesson. You cannot go wrong with this book even if you are not into drums!

Troy is feeling like life sucks. He has no friends, he is a 296 pounds and his mother is dead. He is...more I am reading Fat Kid Rules The World by K.L.Going. This book was so outstanding that it received a Michael Printz Honor Book award! This book can inspire people to do anything they want to do. To never give up and be down on yourself. Even though this book is banned in Virginia, it should not be at all; this story is a life lesson. You cannot go wrong with this book even if you are not into drums!

Troy is feeling like life sucks. He has no friends, he is a 296 pounds and his mother is dead. He is going to jump in front of the next subway but Curt would not let him give up like that. Curt does not even know who Troy is but he can tell that Troy is about to make a terrible mistake. Troy and Curt go on to be friends. Curt is pretty much homeless, he is filthy and has no manners. However he saved Troy’s life. Curt makes Troy really popular when Troy starts hanging out with him, because Curt is a considered very cool and everyone knows him. Curt stays over at Troy’s house sometimes because his dad cannot stand him sleeping on the street or at home where his mom does not care for him. Curt decides to start a new band and wants Troy to be his lead drummer. Troy feels like he is not up for the task and does not think he is the one for the job. Troy’ s dad and Curt are able to convince him to try the drums. As the story goes on Curt and Troy go through a lot of ups and downs. They have a great, but different friendship, they are always there for each other. Curt has terrible medical conditions, because he pops different pills none stop, he smokes and drinks. However Troy and his family are there for him so everything goes well. The theme of this story is definitely about how Troy gets made fun of because of his size.

I could relate to some of the characters. I am similar to Troy because I play the drums, but I am not in a band. In some ways I am like Curt because I do not like people tell me what the right thing to do is. Troy’s brother Dayle and me are a like because we are both younger brothers and sometimes we have a hard time believing our older siblings. There are some parts in the books that I cannot relate to at all. For example, I never have thoughts of jumping in front of a subway to commit suicide because I am not that sad. Also I do not have to go through so much misery at home because my mother is not dead. Plus I do not have problems with being addicted to pills like Curt.

I do not usually enjoy reading book but this book was not boring and always made me want to keep on reading to see what would happen. The strength of this book is definitely the intensity and the non-stop action. The only thing that was not as good is the length of the book. I feel like the story got rushed a little bit. I would have added more detail at the ended during the last gig.

I would recommend this book to specific people. To people that want a quick easy read book with a lesson behind it. Although not to a reader than enjoys a long novel with a lot of characters and detail. If you like reading science fiction this book is not for you! This book is not only for people that like the drums; it can be for somebody wants to read a
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Oct 12, 2011 Kiara rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Fat Kid Rules the World is mainly about Troy Billings and Curt MacCrae. The story takes place in New York.Troy is 296 pounds and according to all the kids in his school, W.T. Watson High School, he is a loser. On the contrary, Curt is an insanely skinny person who is considered the most popular kid in school for being the first kid from W. T. Watson that played at The Dump, a popular place for bands to play in. After a long time of debating wether or not to kill himself in the subway, Troy is sa...more

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Apr 20, 2011 Dan Thorson rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult-materials

Troy is a 300 lbs 17 year old contemplating stepping in front of a subway train when he meets Kurt, the reclusive and mysterious bad boy at his high school. Kurt, who has no stable home and appears malnourished, is happy to save Troy's life if it means getting a free meal out of it. Before long, however, Kurt and Troy become almost inseparable (whenever Kurt can be found). Troy has agreed to take up the drums to support Kurt who has a reputation for shredding on the guitar and firing up an audie...more

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Jul 20, 2010 Joanne rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-contemporary

When Troy (a hugely overweight social leper) befriends Curt (a skinny homeless punk guitar genius), they both get much more than they bargained for. Troy's macho brother and ex-Marine father think Curt is just a junkie loser - but as Curt stopped Troy's suicide attempt, Troy can't just forget him. Curt recruits Troy as the new drummer in his punk band - but Troy has never played the drums in his life. When Curt's around, though, almost anything seems possible. An outstanding, heart-warming, funn...more

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Jul 18, 2010 H rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Possibly one of my all time favorite YA novels.... found my 2008 review and want to spread the word. I got a freshman who hadn't finished a book in 7 months to read this book and come back begging for more like it!

Fat Kid Rules the World by K.L. Going - Motherless Troy lives with his ex-marine father and jock brother in New York City. Self-described as 300 pounds, Troy feels friendless and alone and lives in fear of the laughter he feels whenever others look at him. One day, while contemplating...more

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May 25, 2010 Sarah rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I absolutely loved this book and while I was reading it I couldn’t help thinking of students who I thought would too. It is not just a tale of friendship and music; it also tackles other tough issues like homelessness, body image, bullying, drug addiction, dysfunctional families, and abuse. There is some strong language and drug abuse, but this book should be appropriate for older teen readers. Loved it!

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Troy Billings is a 300 pound screw-up who has had enough. He is tired of being l...more

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Apr 01, 2010 Amore rated it 1 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I thought originally that this was going to be a good book. I heard so many people say that they thought it made a great read and recommended it to me.

What inspired me to read about this overweight boy is that that I had seen a special Biggest Loser episode. In this episode featured a young man entering his 20's. He was funny, charming, and smart but ultimately saddened because of his loneliness. His appearance seemed to be the major contributor to his low self-esteem. I felt so much compassio

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Jan 27, 2010 Jaclin Szafraniec rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: award-winning-books

Seventeen-year-old Troy Billings is friendless, motherless, and at nearly 300 pounds, is either invisible to those he wants to see him or an easy target for everyone else, including his own brother and father. Troy contemplates suicide on the subway tracks, and just as he’s about to jump, a scrawny kid starts talking to him and ultimately gets him to leave the subway tracks and get something to eat. In excahgne for saving his life, Curt MacCrae, who happens to be a high school music legend, asks...more

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Jun 11, 2009 Amanda Yeargin added it · review of another edition

Shelves: 7th-grade-ir-books-stacy

I read Fat Kid Rules the World as an IR book. A boy named Troy Billings wieghs 296 pounds. When he was at the train station about to commit suicude when a semi-homeless, high school drop out, and a rock legend named Curt MacCrae. Already Troy's dad thinks Curt is addicted to drugs and Troy's brother thinks he is the biggest loser in Manhattan. Then he tells his father that he is now in a band with Curt which is not rue. He can't even play an instrument. But he goes along with it. So from this p...more

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May 19, 2009 Viviana rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 7th-grade-ir-books-sadelle

Troy, a 300-pound high-schooler, is about to jump in front of a train when he meets Curt,a drop-out , homeless, guitar-playing ,legend in his school, who "stops" troy from jumping in the tracks. Before troy knows, he agrees to be the drummer in a new band that Curt is forming. troy played the drums before but after his mom died he gained some pounds and got really self consious, so he stoped playing. Though Troy's father thinks that Curt is a junkie, he agrees to support Troy to learn the drums...more

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Apr 21, 2009 Marfita rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-s

There was a brief article about the author in School Library Journal and we had two of her books in. I chose the one that seemed the least depressing. Our library copy had all the "cuss words" underlined in the beginning by some enthusiast - until there were just too many to bother with, I guess - heh! But this book is about kids in New York City and leaving that out wouldn't be an accurate portrayal of these kids. The NYer in me laughs when Troy takes taxis everywhere. NYC is the walkin'est, pu...more

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Nov 29, 2012 Rita rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 50-book-challenge-2012

I think this was just not my type of book.

I hated the whiny main character Troy. Always emphasizing how fat and unpopular he is, boohoo. And instead of doing something against his obesity he eats when he's frustrated. So it's his own fault and I don't want to read any more complaints about how someone is fat and then arrgh!!

Also Curt. The second character. Alright, he's a good musician, but that doesn't mean that he's above everyone else. It's not okay to have a drug addiction and although those...more

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Jul 31, 2012 Jelsa M rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The characters in this book were extremely well developed and very engaging to read about. The storyline was enjoyable, and everything was very realistic. I loved Curt and felt like I could understand and relate to him even though he wasn't the main character. The length was perfect, and the only minor complaints I really have are the occasional awkward phrase here or there. On the whole, however, this was a very polished novel that certainly redeemed my hope for Young Adult general fiction nove...more

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Jun 23, 2012 Jennifer rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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I really wanted to like this book. I didn't know anything about the author going into it, but I soon realized by the first chapter that they had never lived as an obese teenage boy. Now, I'm a fat woman who grew up as a fat girl, and my loathing self talk is pretty bad, but Troy's internal dialogues were a whole new level of awful. It was like the author was trying to shove it in our faces. Ok, yes, we get it, he's fat, and in this fat hating world, that sucks. I get it. I live in this world, bu...more

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May 27, 2011 Margo rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Troy Billings is seventeen years old, lives in NYC, and Fat Kid Rules the World is just one of the hilarious headlines he makes up through the story.

Troy also weighs nearly 300 pounds, and everyone stares. Or at least he thinks they do.

He also thinks it might be a good idea to splat himself in the NY subway after seventeen unremarkable years, but he's not even sure if he'll get that right. That's when Curt MacCrae, the only semi-homeless semi-student punk rock artist legend from school cons Tr...more

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Jul 17, 2011 Nina rated it 1 of 5 stars

Troy is a 17 year old fat kid who doesn't have any friends. That is, until he meets Curt. Curt is a legend at Troy's high school. He is an amazing musician/homeless guy/singer in New York City. Plenty of people thought Curt was dead. But he saves Troy from committing suicide. Now Curt wants Troy to be in a band with him. Problem is, Troy has no idea how to play the drums and he is fat.

I can see why people like this book but it just wasn't for me. The way it was written was definitely different b...more

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Mar 05, 2011 Ian Hrabe rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

As a former fat kid (and current sort of fat kid redux), I identified with Troy quite a bit. I was never morbidly obese, but I did love punk rock and did dream of being in a band. Anyway, I thought this book had so much heart in all right places. In Troy's ex-marine father who was an actual father who happened to be an ex-marine rather than the hateful drill sergeant we always see and read about when the kid's dad is a marine. The utterly damaged Curt teaching Troy how to function in the world,...more

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