Publisher Description
Marcy’s life is a mess. Her parents don’t understand her, she feels like a fat blimp with no friends, and her favorite teacher just got fired. Ms. Finney wasn’t like the other teachers, and she was helping Marcy feel good about being herself. Now that she’s gone, Marcy doesn’t know what to do. She’s always thought things would be better if she could just lose weight, but the loss of Ms. Finney sparks something inside her. She decides to join the fight to bring back her teacher, and in doing so, she discovers that her voice might matter more than she ever realized.
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"This book is talking about a girl called Marcy Lewis that really hate to go to gym class and her father. She is a fat girl who does not want to change gym suit in gym, she always tell her teacher that the cat eats her gym suit. However, there is a new teacher comes, she is Ms. Finney, the one who changes Marcy a lot. In her class, Marcy meets her new friends, learns a lot, and even meets a boy that she loves. But Ms. Finney is suspended because the school does not like the teaching method that she teaches. Marcy tries to let Ms. Finney back, she and the other students are against the school. Finally, Ms. Finney can back, but she does not want to. Marcy feels sad, but she also understand one thing. She should continue to learn no matter what. I think this book is great, and I also understand why Marcy does not want to change in gym room. I think Marcy is brave, she can against the thing that she does not like, no matter what."
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Karen (4 out of 5 stars)
About Paula Danziger
Paula Danziger
(1945–2004) was an American children’s book author. Beginning her career as a
teacher, she taught at the junior high, high school, and college levels. She went
on to receive her master’s degree and during that time wrote her first
bestselling novel, The Cat Ate My Gymsuit.
She returned to teaching, but the success of her book encouraged her to become
a full-time writer. Some her most critically acclaimed works include the Amber
Brown series, Remember Me to Harold
Square, The Divorce Express, and Can You Sue Your Parents for Malpractice?
In her memory, The Amber Brown Fund was established to bring authors and
illustrators to schools and libraries which otherwise could not afford them.
About the Narrators
Fred Sanders, an actor and Earphones Award–winning narrator, has received critics’ praise for his audio narrations that range from nonfiction, memoir, and fiction to mystery and suspense. He been seen on Broadway in The Buddy Holly Story, in national tours for Driving Miss Daisy and Big River, and on such television shows as Seinfeld, The West Wing, Will and Grace, Numb3rs,Titus, and Malcolm in the Middle. His films include Sea of Love, The Shadow, and the Oscar-nominated short Culture. He is a native New Yorker and Yale graduate.
Neil Hellegers grew up in New Jersey and attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a BA in theater arts and a minor in psychology before getting an MFA in acting from the Trinity Rep Conservatory in Providence, Rhode Island. He moved to New York City in 2003 and, since then, has made a career of theatrical performance, percussion, theater education, and audiobook narration. He currently lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son.