![]() ![]() One of Jack’s old family friends is senior and BMOC Craddoc Shaw, who instantly takes notice of Elsie, who doesn’t hesitate to bring him up to speed on what Jack means by his crack about ‘shrinking’: While still a mathematical genius (she finished her algebra requirements in 8 th grade) and talented singer (she gets First Soprano in the school choir without breaking a sweat), as well as a GENUINELY NICE PERSON, she is completely lacking in self- confidence.įellow freshman Jack (a bully whom Elsie hit in the face with a baseball bat in Fifth Grade) is now a close pal, the class cut-up and slacker. While now a beautiful young woman in the 1980s mold (Jenifer says that she looks like “a thin Dolly Parton”, although on this cover she reminds me more of Horse Lovin’ Barbie), Elsie is still emotionally scarred by her experience of being loathed and resented by her mother, absentee father and entire fifth grade class. ![]() That wasn’t me any more, so I kept walkin’. ![]() The Plot: Starts up on the first day of high school, now from the point of view of a still-slender Elsie: This is the first of two (sadly out-of-print) books following up on the life of Elsie Edwards from Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade, the school fatty with a horrifying mother who eventually loses weight and makes friends with Jenifer Sawyer and her group of friends, who are then maybe-kidnapped to add some excitement at the end. Will Elsie be able to accept her (beautiful!) new self? ![]()
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