The cat ate my gymsuit / Danziger, Paula

Thirteen-year-old Marcy Lewis, a ninth grader at Dwight D. Eisenhower Junior High, hates school and life in general until she meets her English teacher, Ms. Finney, who seems to have a new approach to teaching and actually treats kids like human beings.

When the unconventional English teacher who helped her conquer many of her feelings of insecurity is fired, thirteen-year-old Marcy Lewis uses her newfound courage to campaign for the teacher's reinstatement.

When the unconventional English teacher who helped her conquer many of her feelings of insecurity is fired, a junior high student uses her new found courage to campaign for the teacher's reinstatement.

Marcy defends a controversial teacher and incurs the wrath of her school and her father.

Thirteen-year-old Marcy Lewis and her friends rally together to try and get the school board to reinstate their English teacher who was fired for her refusal to say the Pledge of Allegiance.

High school junior, Marcy Lewis, campaigns to get Ms. Finney, an English teacher and Marcy's mentor, reinstated after she is suspended.

When the unconventional English teacher who helped her conquer many of her feelings of insecurity is fired, a junior high student uses her new found courage to campaign for the teacher's reinstatement.