Jelly Belly Tr - Hardcover

Smith, Robert Kimmel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385284772 ISBN 13: 9780385284776

Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 1981

Synopsis

The fattest kid in the fifth grade wants to lose weight, but not badly enough to starve.

About this title

From the Publisher:

It's tough for eleven-year-old Ned to stop eating. At four-feet-eight inches tall he weighs one hundred and nine pounds, and he keeps growing--wider. When his pareents send him to a summer diet camp, he and his bunkmates can't quite give up their old habits. The joys of candy and doughnuts are so appealing that "cheating" adventures seems to be the only answer. The problem, of course, is how to lose weight and keep eating sweets. When Ned finally realizes that there is only one way to lose weight for good, his whole family is glad to help, except Grandma. How can he resist temptation without hurting his grandma and himself?

About the Author:

Robert Kimmel Smith began dreaming of becoming a writer at the age of eight, when he spent three months in bed reading while recovering from rheumatic fever. He enrolled in Brooklyn College in 1947, and served in the U.S. Army, in Germany. In 1954 he married Claire Medney, his editor and literary agent. They have two children: Heidi and Roger. After writing advertising copy, Robert Kimmel Smith became a full-time writer in 1970.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0385284772
• ISBN 13: 9780385284776
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160