The supervillain's guide to being a fat kid / Matt Wallace.

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Title:

The supervillain's guide to being a fat kid / Matt Wallace.

Author:

Wallace, Matt, 1982- author.

ISBN:

9780063008038

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

261 pages ; 22 cm.

Abstract:

"Max's first year of middle school hasn't been easy. Eighth-grade hotshot Johnny Pro torments Max constantly, for no other reason than Max is fat and an easy target. Max wishes he could fight back, but he doesn't want to hurt Johnny... just make him feel the way Max feels. In desperation, Max writes to the only person he thinks will understand: imprisoned supervillain Master Plan, a "gentleman of size." To his surprise, Master Plan wants to help! He suggests a way for Max to get even with Johnny Pro, and change how the other kids at school see them both. And it works! When Master Plan's help pays off for Max in ways he couldn't have imagined, he starts gaining confidence--enough to finally talk to Marina, the girl he likes in class who shares his passion for baking. With Master Plan in his corner, anything seems possible... but is there a price to pay for the supervillain's help?"--Amazon.com.

Reading Level:

008-012. Katherine Tegen Books.

4-6. Katherine Tegen Books.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.4 7.0 Accelerated Reader Quiz #514239.

Subject Term:

Bullying -- Juvenile fiction.

Self-esteem -- Juvenile fiction.

Supervillains -- Juvenile fiction.

Middle schools -- Juvenile fiction.

Fat-acceptance movement -- Juvenile fiction.

Bullying -- Fiction.

Self-esteem -- Fiction.

Superheroes -- Fiction.

Intimidation -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

Estime de soi -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

Supervilains -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

Écoles moyennes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse.

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Bullying.

JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Values & Virtues.

JUVENILE FICTION / School & Education.

Bullying. (OCoLC)fst00841557

Fat-acceptance movement. (OCoLC)fst01909550

Middle schools. (OCoLC)fst01020553

Self-esteem. (OCoLC)fst01111662

Supervillains. (OCoLC)fst01763401

Bullies -- Juvenile fiction.

Self-esteem.

Heroes and heroines -- Juvenile fiction.

Bullies -- Fiction.

Heroes and heroines -- Fiction.

Genre:

School fiction.

Superhero fiction.

Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787

Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637

School fiction. (OCoLC)fst02020484

Superhero fiction. (OCoLC)fst02002774

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Summary

Matt Wallace, author of Bump, presents a personal, humorous, and body-positive middle grade standalone about a fat kid who wants to stop his bullies . . . and enlists the help of the world's most infamous supervillain. Perfect for fans of Holly Goldberg Sloan, Julie Murphy, and John David Anderson!

Max's first year of middle school hasn't been easy. Eighth-grade hotshot Johnny Pro torments Max constantly, for no other reason than Max is fat and an easy target. Max wishes he could fight back, but he doesn't want to hurt Johnny . . . just make him feel the way Max feels.

In desperation, Max writes to the only person he thinks will understand: imprisoned supervillain Master Plan, a "gentleman of size." To his surprise, Master Plan wants to help! He suggests a way for Max to get even with Johnny Pro, and change how the other kids at school see them both.

And it works! When Master Plan's help pays off for Max in ways he couldn't have imagined, he starts gaining confidence--enough to finally talk to Marina, the girl he likes in class who shares his passion for baking. With Master Plan in his corner, anything seems possible . . . but is there a price to pay for the supervillain's help?

* A Junior Library Guild selection *

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Eleven-year-old baking enthusiast Max Tercero, who is fat and reads as white, hopes that his first year at Captain Clobbertime Memorial Middle School will offer a respite from being bullied for his size. But when he becomes the favorite target of school water polo captain Johnny "Johnny Pro" Properzi, he knows that nothing has changed. Desperate, Max seeks advice from Maximo "Master Plan" Marconius III, an incarcerated supervillain and fellow "gentleman of size and intellect," who once took on environmentally conscious escapades. Receiving Master Plan's covert email guidance, Max begins gaining confidence and readying to take down Johnny Pro by using Johnny Pro's increasingly aggressive behavior against him, all while navigating the anxieties of middle school, including the locker room and new and changing friendships. An epistolary conceit is well deployed here, creating a safe space for Max to voice his concerns and gain needed empathy and wisdom from an understanding (if not necessarily trustworthy) adult. Confronting the assumption that physical appearance correlates to morality or worth and reinforcing the idea that individual choices and actions show a person's true self, Wallace (Bump) writes a triumphant arc of self-acceptance that extends to developing personal ethics and boundaries. Ages 8--12. Agent: DongWon Song, Howard Morhaim Literary. (Jan.)

Kirkus Review

A fat boy battles bullies in a tale full of villains, heroes, bullies, and good guys. Maxwell Tercero is 11 and in his first year of middle school--where he finds that, just like elementary school, things are no fun for a fat kid. He is mercilessly and cruelly bullied by older students, led by popular eighth grade athlete Johnny "Johnny Pro" Properzi, and while Max doesn't necessarily want to hurt Johnny, he does want to give him a sense of the pain he's causing. Max eventually reaches out to incarcerated supervillain Maximo "Master Plan" Marconius III, who is also fat and who agrees to help Max change his life, inside and out. Master Plan helps Max along his own journey to body positivity, as well as toward victory over the bullies, with some very good advice. However, this help does not come without strings attached, and things rapidly spin out of control for Max, his friends, and others. Body positivity is usually the province of books about girls, so it is refreshing to see the focus here on a boy. Master Plan understands what it's like to be dismissed as the fat kid, and his advice is so good it is a shame that he is writing from prison. Main characters read as White. An exciting romp full of good advice and featuring a fun protagonist. (Fiction. 8-12) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.