The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

Paula Danziger

ISBN 10: 0440416124 / ISBN 13: 9780440416128

Published by Dell, New York, 1974

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Bibliographic Details

Title: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

Publisher: Dell, New York

Publication Date: 1974

Binding: Standard Paperback

Book Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: Dell Yearling

About this title

Synopsis:

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

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.