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Hey, Remember Fat Glenda? [Paperback]

Lila Perl (Author)
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January 1988
Glenda's resolve to lose weight is complicated by her mother who won't practice the eating habits she preaches, conflicts with classmates, and a crush on her English teacher.
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Simon Pulse (January 1988)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 067164856X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0671648565
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,481,511 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lila Perl was born in Brooklyn and read voraciously as a child, but never dreamed that she would become the author of more than 60 books published by mainstream publishers including Dutton, Houghton Mifflin, HarperCollins, and Scholastic. Her subjects for adults, young adults, and children range from mummies, ancient Egyptians, and the ancient Maya, to the Holocaust, genocide, cloning, and world terrorism; from the foods and everyday lives of colonial and pioneer Americans to personal ancestor-hunting.

Lila Perl was listed in 2001 among "The Pride of Brooklyn College" by her alma mater, and has received a "Best Books for the Teenage" award from the New York Public Library. Her book on junk food, fast food, and health food won a Boston Globe Award. Her Holocaust story, Four Perfect Pebbles, was a recipient of the Sidney Taylor Award.

In June, 2011, Lila Perl published her first Ebook, What I Did Last Summer, a story about the magic of a first love at a rustic summer camp far from parental restrictions and shadowed by a looming war. Fifteen-year-old Bryna tells her story as she teeters between innocence and young womanhood, a story that is funny,tender,and wistful.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brings back memories!, October 25, 2010
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I was so happy to run across this book. The first time I read it, I was 12 years old. Now 20 years later, the book brings back many memories.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Takes me back to middle school..., December 21, 2006
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I read this book for the first time in the early 80s when I was in middle school and even though I didn't have a weight problem, I could completely relate to Glenda's problems with feeling insecure and unattractive.

This book follows the trials and tribulations of Glenda Waite as she works hard to lose weight and fit in with her classmates. Glenda must deal with her overbearing mother, unsupportive "friends" and "Fat Robert Fry" who is in love with her. Glenda has also developed a huge crush on her English teacher!

This is the second of four "Fat Glenda" books and it is my very favorite. I loved reading about Glenda's struggles and victories. She feels like a lifelong friend to me.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Soft In Suburba, May 13, 1998
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Poor Glenda, she's had a personality amputation since 'Me and Fat Glenda.' Originally, a strong, outspoken, cunning, and opininated character whose flaws made her interesting and different, both something of a villianess and heroine rolled into one. But in Hey, Remember Fat Glenda?, she is a white bread character without any quirks and lacks the courage of her former incarnation. The story itself is alright. Despite being written in 1981, the story doesn't date itself and is equally relevent now as it was then. Glenda's frustration with her weight is realistically portrayed, although I don't think it'll inspire anyone to go work on losing weight. Her friend, Sara, mails her little poems to help keep Glenda motivated, but I find the poems cheesy and I would have been insulted if I were in Glenda's place, but I guess since Glenda considers Sara her best friend, she has a different view of it. What makes the book worth reading though is secondary plot, Glenda's infatuation with her English teacher contains a valuable lesson that so many girls need to learn and few enough do.
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