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One Fat SummerRobert Lipsyte

One Fat Summer

Robert Lipsyte
1977151 pages
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They used to call me Crisco Kid because I was fat in the can... So begins the woeful tale of Bobby Marks, a 200-pound candy-bar nut who hated summertime because he couldn't hide his body fat in heavy clothes. The year was 1957. The month was hot July. That was the summer his friend Joanie goaded him into getting the job. When he met his idol, the lifeguard Pete Marino. And when Willie, the crazy ex-marine, vowed to gun him down. Then Bobby found out just how terrifying, exhilarating, dangerous, and wonderful, one fat summer could be...

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8 editions
  • Ebook · English · 2010
    HarperCollins · 9780061995910
  • Paperback · English · 2004
    One Fat Summer (Ursula Nordstrom Book)
    HarperTeen · 232 pages · 9780064470735
  • Paperback · English · 1983
    Bantam Doubleday Dell Books · 150 pages · 9780553255911
  • Other · English · 1999
    One Fat Summer (Ursula Nordstrom Book)
    Tandem Library · 9780808515487
  • Other · English · 1992
    Trumpet Club · 232 pages · 9780440847878
  • Other · English · 1981
    Perfection Learning Prebound · 9780812426687
Weight controlJuvenile fictionWeight lossFictionAdolescenceSelf-esteemChildren's fictionWeight control, fiction