Plowing right along with my reading challenge from Booking Mama, I read The Cat Ate My Gymsuit. The main character is Marcy. She is overweight, smart, insecure, from a dysfunctional family, and living in the 70s. She gets a new English teacher that teaches in a less traditional way. The kids love Ms. Finney. The administration does not. They finally see a way to get rid of her when she refuses to say the Pledge of Allegiance.
The kids bond together to try to save her from being fired. It’s a little bit feminism mixed in with maturing with a dash of self esteem. There’s a some allusion to the budding women’s rights movement and the Vietnam War which younger readers may not pick up on, but isn’t necessary to enjoy the story.
Again, some of it seemed a little too simple, but it is a young adult book so I’ll let it slide.
As for books I have checked out from the library, well a lot of my holds came in at one time so I have quite a bit to get through. Plus, there’s a few that I had to renew as I still haven’t had the opportunity to get through them all
Shelf discovery : teen classics we never stopped reading Skurnick, Lizzie.
Summer of my German soldier Greene, Bette
The secret garden Burnett, Frances Hodgson
Harriet, the spy Fitzhugh, Louise.
The grounding of Group 6 Thompson, Julian F.
Janet Evanovich’s how I write : secrets of a bestselling author Evanovich, Janet.
A single eye Dunlap, Susan.
The lost city of Z : a tale of deadly obsession in the Amazon Grann, David.
The Hunger Games Collins, Suzanne.
The girl who played with fire Larsson, Stieg
Hollywood Station : a novel Wambaugh, Joseph.
Guilty pleasures Hamilton, Laurell K.
I enjoyed this one and I was pleasantly surprised that my daughter did too. I thought it might be too dated!