Lynnie 
contemporary fiction
Arthur Opp weighs 550 pounds and hasn't been outside of his New York home in years. Across town, teenager Kel Keller is trying to navigate the world his mother has created for him, going to school in a wealthy district and relying on his charm and athletic talent to help him fit in.
This is a fascinating book. It's a study of loneliness and illness and how the perceptions of ourselves and other people can dictate decisions that we make, even when we aren't consciously making them. The characters in Heft are lovely and Liz Moore does a wonderful job of finding their voices and making them each unique and generally sympathetic. Along the way you find yourself rooting for the characters and finding hope for their futures.
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