Hanson makes her spit it out into the waste basket in front of the entire class and GOD WE GET IT ADULTS ARE JUST THE WORST!įollowing their elders’ leads, Jenifer and her BFFs Diane and Sharon by turn mock and ostracize Elsie. She isn’t very smart, but she’s nice to everyone” and is now up a slice of cake. DON’T FEED THE FATTIES, KIDS!Īt least the only thing that 11 year olds hate more than having a fat kid in their class is being told what to do, so Elsie soon lasers in on Marianne, “the littlest girl in the room. It’s not like the school’s administration helps any, since the principal announces in front of the whole class that Elsie is on a special diet, which consists of broth and carrot sticks, and her classmates are forbidden from sharing any snacks with her.
The Plot: Jenifer Sawyer’s 5 th grade class reacts with visceral revulsion when Elsie Edwards joins them halfway through the year. I was on the fence about whether this one was “lost” enough to be considered a “lost classic” (35 years later it’s still in print, now with a cover featuring the heroine yakking into a cell phone) but after being reminded last week about Amy Treloar’s randomly terrible mother, I thought we’d revisit the meanest mama of them all… When fat Elsie Edwards walks into Jenny Sawyer’s fifth grade class, she’s the last person Jenny expects to be friendly with…
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