Gwendy - Summarizer - The Cat Ate My Gymsuit - by Paula Danziger - Pg. 101

Cover of The Cat Ate My Gymsuit

Hey Everyone (Ms. S)
Today I was the summarizer for the four chapters we read of the Cat Ate My Gymsuit.

So here is my summary of the Cat Ate My Gymsuit, a book about a depressed teenager.

Robert, Joel, Nancy and Marcy get called into the office which is slightly surprising as they thought that their secret meetings to retrieve Ms. Finney were in secret. They believed that no-one would snag. Apparently someone had though, and Marcy and friends find themselves walking into an office full of parents and little brothers. It turned out that Mr. Stone had somehow found out about their secret meetings where they were plotting how to get Ms. Finney back who had been suspended by Mr. Stone, the principal. However much the children and (some) of their parents protest, Mr. Stone still gives them a 10-day suspension, and the trial of Ms. Finney's suspension would be during this time.

Marcy, Robert, Joel and Nancy go back to Marcy's home with all their parents. Robert and his mum leave quickly as his mum is petrified of Robert getting into further trouble. The rest of them sit down and Nancy' family shortly leave. Joel and his dad stay for a while until Marcy's mum asked about Joel's mum. This creates a lot of awkwardness as she had not realized that Joel's parents were divorced.

When Marcy's dad comes home he gets extremely mad that Marcy had been 'ganging up' against the school with her friends to try and get Ms. Finney back. He says that she shouldn't stand up for herself that much, and she should agree with the principal as he is, according to Marcy's dad, 'always right.'

As Marcy was invited by Nancy to her birthday party and actually asked out to go there with Joel, her mum forces her to go shopping for a new dress. Marcy feels exceptionally embarrassed as she has to shop in the 'chubbies' section which is especially awkward when a pretty large shop-assistant comes to Marcia and says, 'Oh, don't worry, dear, I remember myself having the situation that you're in right now!' It made Marcia feel a lot worse. She manage to by a purple dress suit and some jewelry and somehow avoids her mum's wish of buying a dress.

The night of the party, Joel comes to collect Marcy to take her to Nancy's house. While Marcy was envisioning a quick goodbye to her parents her father had different ideas. He sits Joel down and asks him about his plans for the future and whether he wants to start a family or not. They finally get going and Marcy apologizes to Joel for having such curious parents.

Anyway...  That was it for these 4 chapters, see you next time :) I didn't like these four chapters as much as the beginning of the book, but I'm looking forward to reading the next lot for next Day 2 anyway as this book is awesome and I strongly suggest it.