Butter [Paperback]

A lonely obese boy everyone calls Butter is about to make history. He is going to eat himself to death-live on the Internet-and everyone is invited to watch. When he first makes the announcement online to his classmates, Butter expects pity, insults, and possibly sheer indifference. What he gets are morbid cheerleaders rallying around his deadly plan. Yet as their dark encouragement grows, it begins to feel a lot like popularity. And that feels good. But what happens when Butter reaches his suicide deadline? Can he live with the fallout if he doesn't go through with his plans?

The riveting debut that combines the relentless immediacy ofThirteen Reasons Whywith the can't-look-away drama of The Biggest Loser.

ERIN JADE LANGE is a news producer in Phoenix, Arizona.Butterwas her debut novel. She is also the upcoming author of another YA novel with Bloomsbury,Dead Ends.
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