Super-sized Slugger
Thirteen-year-old Cody Parker moves to Baltimore, Maryland, where as a fat eighth-grader, he has to deal with brutal teasing from a baseball teammate, and his school is beset by a rash of mysterious thefts that threaten to sideline Cody and ruin a golden season for his team.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 21
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 810
subjects: baseball, moving, household [X], overweight persons [X], bullying [X], theft, baltimore (md.), moving, school stories, baseball stories, middle schools, stealing, schools, bullies, mystery fiction
All Of Me
Thirteen-year-old Ari faces what it is to be a man while dealing with a cross-country move, his parents' separation, being bullied for his weight, and belatedly starting bar mitzvah preparations.
FIC
year: 2019
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 790
subjects: body image, overweight persons [X], jews, bar mitzvah, bullying [X], dysfunctional families, moving, household [X], family problems, novels in verse, obesity, family life, bullies, moving, novels in verse