Big Mouth

FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD SHERMIE THUFF is a Big Guy with a Big Dream — to become the most famous competitive eater in the world. But every big dream has to start somewhere, and Shermie’s determined to start his in the spotlight. If he can take first place in Nathan’s World Famous International hot dog eating competition, fame will be his. The catch? The current record is 53-1/2 hot dogs and buns in 12 minutes. Shermie’s personal best? Seven. Clearly, Shermie has some training to do… — pound guy. So Shermie vows to lose his restrictive Fat Belt the only way he knows how — with the help of Gardo, a weight-cutting fanatic determined to turn Big Shermie into a lean, mean eating-machine. From the Trade Paperback edition From Publishers Weekly Reversal, what 14-year-old Sherman Thuff calls vomiting, plays a major role in this attenuated story about a boy who plans to become the fastest, richest, most famous competitive eater in the world — an ambition born of watching The Glu...

Author: Halverson Deborah

ISBN: 9780375849046

Year of publication: 2008

Genre: Children's fantasy, Children's prose, Humor: other

Number of pages: 301

Reading time: 5 h. 1 min.

Formats: FB2, EPUB, PDF

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