num_pages: 151
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.
language: English
title: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
titlecomplete: The Cat Ate My Gymsuit
characters: Marcy Lewis, Barbara Finney, Joel Anderson
genres: Fiction, Coming Of Age, Middle Grade, Teen, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Juvenile, School, Young Adult, Classics
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: Thorndike Press