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Fifteen year old Cuss Brewster is not a criminal Well maybe a slight criminal in the state of New York where he accidentally burns down his neighbor s barn It s not his first fire related mishap so a judge tells Cuss Behave for the next six months or you ll go to jail But for Cuss behaving is a lot harder than it seems Trouble hounds him He rescues children from a church fire only to have the authorities accuse him of starting the fire While working at a landscaping job he forgets to follow instructions and winds up smashing a client s bay window The grumpy client threatens to sue Then a mere two weeks before his probation hearing Cuss confuses the brake and gas pedals on a vintage Porsche and crashes the car through garage doors Cuss can almost taste prison food Fatty in the Back SeatSuch a lovely well written book with fabulous and likable characters 176 Fatty in the Back Seat by Deborah PrumAuthor s Note Approximately 10% of school aged children in the United States have learning disabilities Cuss the main character of Fatty in the Back Seat is one of them a teen who experiences a great discrepancy between his potential for learning and what he actually learns His parents believe he s merely lazy Although he s good natured Cuss can barely stay out of trouble His life takes a turn for the better when he meets the Garcia family They not only employ him in their landscaping company but they take him into their lives helping him to realize he is a person of great value The novel treats the topic with humor and offers hope to those who have learning disabilitieswww. Book fatty in the back seat of my truck com 176 Deborah M Prum is a critically acclaimed writer and NPR essayist whose fiction and non fiction comes with a good dollop of humor and humanity I did the cover for Prum s book but was able to read the book and fall in love with her direct and entertaining writing style beforehand Prum had a distinct look in mind for impulsive and learning disabled Cuss the 15 year old protagonist in the book lanky with dark red hair and the rest half Puck and half hopeful that he won t go to jail in the next six months. Fatty in the back seat kindle edition Listed as Shelf Unbound s Top Twelve Notable YA Indie Books of 2013 and given The Book Designer s award for Best YA Fiction Ebook Cover 176
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