BotW: Slob

In the book Slob by Ellen Potter, the main character Owen is a twelve-year who is as intelligent as he is overweight. When his parents are murdered in a robbery attempt, Owen makes it his life's work to invent a device that allows him to replay the past. Not only does Owen grieve for the loss of his parents, he also has to contend with bullies at school who take great delight in tormenting him for being fat.

Owen can take the bullying if only he can get his invention to actually work, peer into the near-past and identify the person who killed his parents. Slob is a touching account of middle school life and of adolescent loss and grieving.

Slob is a Lone Star 2010 award winner.