When fat Elsie Edwards walks into Jenny Sawyer's fifth grade class, she's the last person Jenny expects to be friendly with. Elsie is not only fat, she steals everyone's lunch money to buy candy. And when the book club money disappears, the whole class is punished.
Nothing's fair!
The teacher, Mrs. Hanson, ins very strict. Fractions are impossible. And Jenny is assigned as Elsie's guide in school. Nothing's fair!
But Elsie urns out to be a math genius. She helps Jenny learn fractions. Elsie's diet begins to work. Then Jenny and her friends discover that Elsie's fat really covers up a good friend. Nothing's fair--but some things are not as bad as they seem!
--back cover
- ISBN10 0812401069
- ISBN13 9780812401066
- Publish Date 1 May 1990 (first published 31 December 1981)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 23 July 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Perfection Learning
- Format Hardcover (Library Binding)
- Language English