It’s so refreshing to read a book where the heroine isn’t a stick-thin, blonde model type whose only worry in life is boys. Cat is such a likeable character, and there were moments where I actually laughed out loud. Matt is cool, popular, and her main rival for the school science fair prize, something Cat has her sights set on.įat Cat is one of the most enjoyable books I’ve read in a long while. Of course, there is the one boy Cat can’t (but should) resist: Matt McKinney – her childhood best friend who she hasn’t spoken to in years because of a horrible incident years ago that Cat can barely bring herself to think about. Out come the tank tops and the skirts, and up prick the ears of the male classmates who have never shown an interest in her before. The pounds begin to drop off, and Cat no longer hides behind baggy sweaters and jeans. She cuts out television, her car, junk food, caffeine – the lot, all in the name of science.Ĭat’s drastic new lifestyle is tough at first but it does have its benefits. However, her latest science project changes her life forever, when she decides to live like the hominids, the earliest human ancestors. Slightly overweight, hilarious, ambitious and kind, she’s bumbling through life as most teens do, worrying about boys, school projects and her looks.

In a world dominated by social networking websites, mobile phones and television, can one high school student make it through 207 days without junk food or modern technology? So goes the premise of Robin Brande’s latest novel, Fat Cat.

Fat cat by robin brande