That no matter how large he is on the outside, he doesn't have to feel small on the inside. But it will take a revelation, not a cool invention, for Owen to see that the answer is not in the past, but the present. He's sure that if only he can get the TV to work, things will start to make sense. Or why a diabolical, scar-faced bully at school seems to be on a mission to destroy him. Or why his sister suddenly wants to be called by a boy's name. Like how his Oreos keep disappearing from his lunch. But he also invents cool contraptions-like a TV that can show the past-because there is something that happened two years ago which he needs to see if he ever hopes to unravel a dreadful mystery.īut inventor or not, there is a lot Owen can't figure out. Twelve-year-old Owen Birnbaum is the fattest kid in school. Outrageously funny and smart, this story of an obese boy who takes on his bullies is as heartwarming as it is clever. SLOB is on more than 10 state book award lists and was selected for the Junior Library Guild.*"A sensitive, touching, and sometimes heartbreakingly funny picture of middle school life."- School Library Journal, starred review
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