num_pages: 147
description: Marcy Lewis is bored by school, she knows she's never going to be thin, and she is dead sure 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'll try anything in the classroom and actually treats kids like human beings. Now that she's found a teacher who sees Marcy as more than a name on an attendance sheet, Marcy realizes her life could mean something. When Ms. Finney is suspended, Marcy knows she's got to take a stand. But is this new independence worth the price she'll pay at school and at home?--back cover
language: English
title: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
titlecomplete: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
characters: Barbara Finney, Marcy Lewis, Joel Anderson
genres: Classics, Childrens, Teen, Juvenile, Young Adult, Middle Grade, School, Coming Of Age, Fiction, Realistic Fiction
ratings_count: 8730
series: Marcy Lewis
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Nene Award, awardedAt: 284025600000
name: Massachusetts Children's Book Award, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: California Young Readers Medal
category: Intermediate
publisher: Puffin Books