Butter / Erin Lange.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : Faber and Faber, 2013Description: 345 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780571294404 (pbk.) :Genre/Form: Young adult fiction. | Fiction 13+. | General. | Older Teenage Fiction. | General.DDC classification: 813.6 Summary: 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?Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Originally published: New York: Bloomsbury, 2012.
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?
Adolescent.
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