7/4/2023 0 Comments Butter book erin jade lange![]() And all of these are issues that my students, whether they admit it or not, face daily. The novel is far from being about the yellow sticks in our refrigerators it is, instead, about Marshall’s daily frustrations with issues of identity, body image, and friendship. Butter, in Lange’s case, is a proper noun, as the novel details Marshall’s experience as an overweight teenager. ![]() English, I think your book addiction has gone a little too far if you’re reading about butter.”Īnd yes, students, I read a book about Butter. “You’re reading a book about butter? Is this like the time you talked about that book about dead bodies?” (They’re referring to Mary Roach’s Stiff.) Before writing this review, I let the book sit on my desk at work to see what students would have to say. Throughout my brief tenure as a teacher, I’ve quickly discovered that students do judge books by their titles and covers-and I would add that readers judge other readers by their book titles and covers, too. One of those friends recommended Erin Jade Lange’s Butter to me-and I am so glad she did. ![]() ![]() Outside of the Nerdy Book Club, I have two friends that make up my “nerd herd.” We used to teach at the same school (our mascot was a zebra), and so the name stuck. ![]()
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