One Fat Summer (13 page)
Authors: Robert Lipsyte
ROBERT LIPSYTE
is an award-winning sports-writer for
The New York Times,
and was the Emmy-winning host of the public affairs show
The Eleventh Hour.
He is the author of a number of acclaimed titles for young readers, including
THE CONTENDER, THE BRAVE, THE CHIEF
, and
WARRIOR ANGEL
. He is also the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award honoring lifetime contribution in writing for young adults. Robert Lipsyte lives in New York.
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ONE FAT SUMMER
. Copyright © 1977 by Robert M. Lipsyte. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Lipsyte, Robert.
One fat summer.
Summary: An overweight fourteen-year-old boy experiences a turning-point summer in which he learns to stand up for himself.
ISBN 0-06-447073-3 (pbk.)
[1. Weight controlâFiction] I. Title.
PZ7.L67On        76-49746
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EPub Edition © January 2010 ISBN: 978-0-06-199591-0
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