The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

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Paperback, 149 pages

English language

Published Jan. 1, 1998 by PaperStar.

ISBN:
978-0-698-11684-9
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OCLC Number:
38997640

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2 stars (1 review)

Marcy Lewis hates school, her father is a tyrant, and she despairs of ever being thin. Then along comes Ms. Finney, an English teacher who's willing to try anything in the classroom and who treats the kids like human beings. Marcy has never met anyone like her, and suddenly life has a purpose. When Ms. Finney is suspended because of her teaching methods, the whole school is thrown into an uproar. Now out of her protective shell, Marcy helps organize a protest, and she too is suspended. Is this new independence worth the price she must pay at school and at home? --back cover

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read for the GD summer challenge (shelf discovery)
i thought i'd read this book before, but no - didn't strike a bell. it's told from the fat girl's point of view which is in contrast to Blubber, and this girl's self esteem is so low that she thinks her best friend only talks to her because her mother makes her. by the end of the book, it seems she's lost a bit of weight and gained a little esteem. don't know if that's a good message or not.

Subjects

  • Schools -- Juvenile fiction.
  • Teachers -- Juvenile fiction.