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Feiwel & Friends (2019), 320 pages
Description
Thirteen-year-old Ari faces what it is to be a man while dealing with a cross-country move, his parents' separation, being bullied for his weight, and belatedly starting bar mitzvah preparations.
Awards
NCTE Notable Poetry Books and Verse Novels (Verse Novels — 2020)
Nerdy Book Award (2019)
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Ari is fat. He is bullied at school because of his size. His one close friend is Pick, with whom he shares interests in creating fantasy worlds and science-fiction creatures. After an episode in which Ari pinches his fat so hard it bruises and bleeds, his mother takes him see a doctor and puts him
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on a diet. He spends the summer with his artist mother on the beach, hangs out with Pick, and meets Lisa and Jorge. It is a transformative time for Ari as he loses 30 pounds but at the same time struggles to accept who he is. Show Less
ISBN
1250305985 / 9781250305985