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As adults, we are well aware of the health implications of being overweight, and unfortunately, these problems are being experienced by more children and young adults than ever. Perhaps as equally damaging are the mental health effects felt by young people whose obesity becomes the target for ridicule and shame. The Fat Boy Chronicles is a fictionalized account of an overweight teenager, inspired by real life and written by two high school teachers, Diane Lang and Michael Buchanan. It certainly packs a punch in depicting the anguish that can be experienced by ostracization and torment.
Throughout his school-year long journal, Jimmy records his experiences and perspectives in an engaging tone, causing readers to empathize with him and encourage his strength. In addition to the newly released book through Sleeping Bear Press, The Fat Boy Chronicles will also be coming out as a movie in the near future, as described on the official site.
She hasn't accomplished this alone. Her writing partner, Mike Buchanan, lives in Atlanta. The two of them have penned four novels, two of them published, and three screenplays. Their works, including their fourth screenplay - a work in progress - are published under the pseudonym Lang Buchanan. But their success took a mighty leap with the publication in May of /"The Fat Boy Chronicles,i" and the subsequent screenplay of the story. Filming of the movie wrapped in mid-August.
Jimmy Winterpock, hero of "The Fat Boy Chronicles,l" was born. Then they fleshed out other fictional characters with the traits and exploits of real kids. One character in the book, Paul, who is a friend of Jimmy's, was largely based on a student Lang once taught who jumped trains. The boy got caught under a train and lost both his legs. In the book, Paul jumps a train and suffers the same fate.
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