![]() What is Slob about? Who is the main character? Rather than review it, my daughter wanted me to ask her questions about it, so here we go! It’s a YA novel meant for kids 9-12 years old. Maybe it was the Oreo cookie on the cover, or maybe it was the title, but she devoured the book in less than 2 days. I received this ARC from Penguin and before I could even look it over, my 11 year old daughter snapped it up. That no matter how large he is on the outside, he doesn’t have to feel small on the inside.With her trademark humor, Ellen Potter has created a larger-than-life character and story whose weight is immense when measured in heart. But it will take a revelation for Owen, not science, to see the answer’s not in the past, but the present. He’s sure that if he can only get the TV to work, things will start to make sense. Or the way his Oreos keep disappearing from his lunch. Like his gym coach, who’s on a mission to humiliate him. But genius or not, there is much Owen can’t outthink. ![]() Something happened two years ago that he needs to see. But he’s also a genius who invents cool contraptions- like a TV that shows the past. Twelve-year-old Owen Birnbaum is the fattest kid in school. ![]() ![]() Subscribe in a reader Subscribe to Books on the Brain by Email ![]()
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