Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes

Crutcher, Chris (2003). Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes. NY: Harper Teens.  Sarah Byrnes is young girl with burns on her face and she is friends with Mobey who is overweight.  They are both targeted for bullying.  Mobey goes to see Sarah in a psyc ward to try to get her to talk.  Sarah finds out that she was burned by her father.  Mobey gets Sarah to stay with a teacher, Ms. Lemry. They start looking for the family to bring charges against him for the crime of scolding his daughter.  This is a great book because it covers so many issues that families are having today. I felt very sad reading this book, knowing that young people are going through this pain and anguish This book is for mature audience such as high school students.  This is a great book for not only the teachers to read but for counselors as well.  According to Havighurst’s adolecscents undergo changing relationships with parents.  Sarah goes through a lot of changes with both parents.