An edition of The Cat Ate My Gymsuit (1974)

The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

A Novel

5th Laurel Leaf printing
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An edition of The Cat Ate My Gymsuit (1974)

The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

A Novel

5th Laurel Leaf printing
  • 4.00 ·
  • 3 Ratings
  • 40 Want to read
  • 6 Currently reading
  • 7 Have read

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 mus 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.

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Pages
123

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Cover of: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
2006, Puffin Books
Paperback in English - printing (2)
Cover of: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
2006, Puffin Books
Paperback in English - printing (1)
Cover of: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
2006, Puffin Books
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Cover of: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
1998, PaperStar
Paperback in English - 4th printing
Cover of: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
1994, Piccolo Books
Paperback in English - Piper edition (17)
Cover of: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
1987?, Dell Publishing
Paperback in English - Reprint (15)
Cover of: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
1983, Caedmon
LP in English
Cover of: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit: A Novel
1982, Delacorte Press
Hardcover in English - 9th printing; Library edition
Cover of: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
1980-12, Yearling
Paperback in English - 2nd Dell printing
Cover of: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
The Cat Ate My Gymsuit: A Novel
1977, Laurel Leaf Library
Mass Market Paperback in English - 5th Laurel Leaf printing

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New York, USA

Edition Notes

Genre
Fiction.
Copyright Date
1974

The Physical Object

Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
119 p. ;
Number of pages
123

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24202885M
Internet Archive
catatemygymsuitn00danz
ISBN 10
0440916127
ISBN 13
9780440916123
OCLC/WorldCat
77528978
Goodreads
45428988

Work Description

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 mus 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.



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