"Butter" by Erin Jade Lange (294)

J.P. a 16-year-old obese outcast, known as Butter, creates a website called “Butter’s Last Meal” on which he announces to the world that he will eat himself to death on New Year’s Eve. After this announcement is made, the entire school finds out. All the popular kids start inviting 432-pound Butter to parties for the first time, which is where he thinks that he actually has friends and can talk to the girl of his dreams instead of pretending to be someone else online when he talks to her. But as his last meal comes closer and closer, he realizes the friends he thinks he has made really are not good friends at all. When Butter comes to the decision that maybe eating himself to death is not what he wants anymore, he learns that all his “friends” are only there for “Butters Last Meal”. This story delivers a good insight on the struggles of losing weight while trying to gain popularity. Will Butter’s friends tune in for his last meal, or will his popularity run out?
If you’re looking for a quick and easy read, pick this up, I read it in two days.