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Butter is a 423-pound lonely teen,
nicknamed after an incident in which he was bullied into
eating an entire stick of dirty butter. This incident is
pretty indicative of his life though, in which he is
constantly belittled, and made to feel invisible, despite
his massive size. Lonely and sick of his life, Butter
declares online one night that he will eat himself to
death over a live webcast on New Year’s Eve on
ButtersLastMeal.com. He doesn’t know what to expect after
his declaration is made, but what he gets is DEFINITELY
not what he expected. He is invited to hang out with the
“it” crowd, which includes Anna, the girl of his dreams.
Their morbid curiosity, masked by fake friendship, urges
his new “friends” to egg him on in his suicidal plan,
create deadly bucket lists for him, and place bets on what
he will eat for his last meal. Though all of their
invitations to hang out and party are prompted only by
Butter’s deadly declaration, he begins to enjoy all the
attention and popularity, though he knows it’s fake. He
begins to question his decision, but knows that if he
doesn’t go through with his plan, life will go back to
normal, or maybe even worse than before. When the big
night arrives, Butter must make a decision that can either
take or change his life forever.
(www.stephthebookworm.com) (South
Carolina Young Adult Book Award, 2015, Prepared by:
Abby Holdeman, Chapin High School,
holdeman2011ala@gmail.com)
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