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"I felt embarrassed for Joanie. Someday I'd wake up thin, I believed that. But poor Joanie was stuck with that nose for her whole life."
I would give this book a 9 out of 10. I really liked the book because I am a visual reader and this book was all that. I would recommend this book for anyone who is a visual reader.
Imagery: The author uses a lot of detail to allow the reader to create a perspective view of the setting.
Personification: The author uses this literary device to help convey an object giving it human-like characteristics.
Antagonist: The antagonist of the story is Willie
Rumson. He constantly bullies and harrasses Bobby about his weight.
Imagine if you were fat and everyone picked on you for it. That is how Bobby and Joanie feel.
This book is about a boy named Bobby who struggles with the problem of being overweight. During the summer Bobby was interested in finding a job. Dr. Kahn offered Bobby a job to mow lawns. The antagonist of the story, Willie wanted to get the job that Bobby got so he constantly harasses Bobby about being overweight.
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Robert Lipsyte grew up in New York. He wrote this book because it was about his life when he younger.