TY - BOOK AU - Lange,Erin Jade TI - Butter SN - 9780571294404 (pbk.) : U1 - 813.6 23 PY - 2013/// CY - London PB - Faber and Faber KW - Young adult fiction KW - Fiction 13+ KW - eflch KW - General KW - Older Teenage Fiction KW - ukslc N1 - Originally published: New York: Bloomsbury, 2012; Adolescent N2 - The story of a lonely 423-pound boy everyone calls 'Butter'. Worse than being ridiculed for his size at high school, he is simply ignored. Desperate, he pledges to eat himself to death live on the Internet - and everyone will watch. When he makes this announcement online, he expects pity, insults, or possibly sheer indifference. Instead, his classmates become morbid cheerleaders for his deadly plan. Yet as their dark encouragement grows, it begins to feel a lot like popularity. And that feels good. But what happens when Butter reaches his suicide deadline? ER -