false 50925 7 Troy Billings is seventeen, 296 pounds, friendless, utterly miserable, and about to step off a New York subway platform in front of an oncoming train. Until he meets Curt MacCrae, an emaciated, semi-homeless, high school dropout guitar genius, the stuff of which Lower East Side punk rock legends are made. Never mind that Troy's dad thinks Curt's a drug addict and Troy's brother thinks Troy's the biggest (literally) loser in Manhattan. Soon, Curt's recruited Troy as his new drummer—even though Troy can't play the drums. Together, Curt and Troy will change the world of punk, and Troy's own life, forever. 2337116 2003 Fat Kid Rules the World total:745|5:232|4:302|3:153|2:43|1:15| 745 2928 1064 182 2330551 0399239901 9780399239908 46 16 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255870160m/2330551.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2330551.Fat_Kid_Rules_The_World 4 3 false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 20:21:36 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 18:15:31 -0700 2008 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 gr...more...]]> 50925 0142402087 9780142402085 668 155 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372814m/50925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50925.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 5 2 false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Nov 07 06:56:20 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 07 06:59:40 -0800 2007 more...]]> 50925 0142402087 9780142402085 668 155 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372814m/50925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50925.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 3 3 false Tue Mar 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 05 12:40:18 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 06 14:52:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2330555 0807216941 9780807216941 18 5 3.93 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2330555.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 0 0 false Wed Sep 30 12:42:14 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:42:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 50925 0142402087 9780142402085 668 155 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372814m/50925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50925.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 0 0 false Thu Jun 11 18:35:06 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 11 20:24:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 50925 0142402087 9780142402085 668 155 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372814m/50925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50925.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 4 0 false Tue May 19 13:21:16 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 13:45:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 50925 0142402087 9780142402085 668 155 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372814m/50925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50925.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 2 0 false Tue Apr 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 14:54:42 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 15:45:15 -0700 2009 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,...more...]]> 50925 0142402087 9780142402085 668 155 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372814m/50925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50925.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 1 1 false Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 16:41:05 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 16:45:01 -0700 2007 that big, fat-wise. Being a big person mys...more...]]> 50925 0142402087 9780142402085 668 155 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372814m/50925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50925.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 4 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 11:48:13 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 14:01:07 -0700 2009
The relationship between Curt and his parents connects to the...more...]]> 50925 0142402087 9780142402085 668 155 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372814m/50925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50925.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 5 0 false Sat Apr 25 12:20:04 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 14:32:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 50925 0142402087 9780142402085 668 155 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372814m/50925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50925.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 0 0 false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 06:04:50 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 06:09:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 50925 0142402087 9780142402085 668 155 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372814m/50925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50925.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 5 0 false Mon Jun 15 09:31:41 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 09:36:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 50925 0142402087 9780142402085 668 155 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372814m/50925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50925.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 3 0 false Sun Jul 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 13 17:45:32 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 13 17:50:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 50925 0142402087 9780142402085 668 155 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372814m/50925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50925.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 2 1 false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 20:10:55 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 19:05:34 -0800 2009
This book also goes into the goodreads needed fourth category of "couldn't f...more...]]> 50925 0142402087 9780142402085 668 155 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372814m/50925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50925.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 4 0 false Sun Aug 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 17:46:44 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 20:59:16 -0700 2009 I can make a tex...more...]]> 50925 0142402087 9780142402085 668 155 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372814m/50925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50925.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 4 0 false Sat Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 13 21:37:10 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 20:03:35 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2330551 0399239901 9780399239908 46 16 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255870160m/2330551.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2330551.Fat_Kid_Rules_The_World 4 0 false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 21 19:00:55 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 13:03:07 -0800 2009 how would read a book more then once?! more...]]> 50925 0142402087 9780142402085 668 155 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372814m/50925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50925.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 5 0 false Wed Jul 08 08:10:33 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 08 08:13:24 -0700 2009
Interestingly, there have been some movements to ban this book due to its language. To that, all I can say is that those people are missing the message of this book: tha...more...]]> 50925 0142402087 9780142402085 668 155 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372814m/50925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50925.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 0 0 false Mon May 11 08:45:14 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 08:15:10 -0700 2009
Troy is a 300 pound high schooler who is contemplating jumping in front of a train and he meets Curt, a drop-out, guitar playing, junkie. Troy agrees to be the drummer in his new band, but he doesn't even know how to play the drums. Troy's father suspects that Curt is o...more...]]> 50925 0142402087 9780142402085 668 155 3.93 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170372814m/50925.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50925.Fat_Kid_Rules_the_World 2 0 false Tue Dec 30 11:25:19 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 13:02:03 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 11:25:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2330555