University Wire, February 4th, 2000
University Wire 02-04-2000 (Daily Evergreen) (U-WIRE) PULLMAN, Wash. -- The question book reviewers get asked most often has got to be, "So what's your favorite book?" It's a tough one to answer, because there are so many wonderful books out there. But when all's said and done, I think I have to go with "Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes," by Chris Crutcher. Overweight Eric "Mobe" (as in "Moby") Calhoune and burn victim Sarah Byrnes united during junior high because of their shared "terminal uglies," fighting off bullies and insidious school faculty, to name a few. Now in high school, Mobe's an ath...
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