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The Fat Boy Chronicles

by Diane Lang

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The book 'The Fat Boy Chronicles' is written by Diane Lang. This book inspired by a true story and told in first-person journal entries. It brings to life the pain and isolation felt by many overweight teenagers as they try to find their way in a world obsessed with outward beauty. In the story, the character, Jimmy Winterpock, is a new kid in school, standing 5’5" and weighing 187 pounds.

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Diane Lang

Diane Lang is the coauthor, with Michael Buchanan, of The Fat Boy Chronicles, a novel for younger readers presented through the journal entries of ninth-grader Jimmy Winterpock. Kirkus identifies both writers, Sleeping Bear Press, and its focus on a new student facing ridicule, isolation, and pressure to change his health.

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