The Cat Ate My Gymsuit - Hardcover

Paula Danziger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385281838 ISBN 13: 9780385281836

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1974

Synopsis

An insecure ninth-grader gains the confidence to protest the suspension of a controversial English teacher

About this title

From the Publisher:

Marcy Lewis is bored by school, she despairs of ever being thin, and she is certain she'll never have a date. Life at home isn't great either, since her father bosses her and her mother around.

Then along comes Ms. Finney, an English teacher who will try anything in the classroom, and above all, a teacher who acts human. Marcy has never met anyone like her, and suddenly life in and out of school begins to have a purpose.

When Ms. Finney is suspended because of her controversial teaching methods, the school is thrown into an uproar. When Marcy, now out of her shell, helps to organize a protest, she too is suspended. With her mother firmly on her side, her father violently opposed, Marcy must decide whether her fight for Ms. Finney and the values she stands for is worth the price she must pay at home and in school.

About the Author:

PAULA DANZIGER (1944-2004) wrote more than thirty books for young readers, including the acclaimed Amber Brown titles and P.S. Longer Letter Later, which she wrote with her friend Ann M. Martin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 0385281838
• ISBN 13: 9780385281836
• Binding: Hardcover