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But what will it take to get herself out of trouble when she’s been in it so long?

Barthe DeClements introduced Elsie Edwards as the class fatty-pariah in Nothing’s Fair in Fifth Grade, and followed her development into an insecure high schooler in How Do I Lose Those Ninth Grade Blues? and her hard-won blossoming into a self-confident young woman in Seventeen and In-Between; by that point Elsie had become one of my all-time favorite YA heroines.

The Plot: Elsie only makes a brief appearance in this story (which was actually published after Ninth Grade Blues) but DeClements gives us another young heroine struggling to define herself beyond a big problem.

Helen Nicholas has earned the nickname of “Bad Helen” by the time she starts 6 grade with her BFF Louise, and familiar characters such as Jack Hanson, Diane Gates, Jenny Sawyer, and Sharon Hinkler (still up in everybody’s business, not yet having joined a cult). Rambunctious and prank-obsessed, Helen has also earned the nickname because of her poor grades in reading and spelling: she’s dyslexic, but her well-meaning-but-misguided mother has refused to get her special help for fear that she’ll be labeled “retarded”. Helen has been barely passing each year by making up for the bad grades by getting As in math, music and art.

On the first day of 6 grade, Helen is disappointed when Louise, Jenny, Diane and Elsie are assigned to hip young Mr. Marshall’s room, while she will be spending the year with Mrs. Lobb. Helen can’t resist running thread between her’s and a neighboring desk during Mrs. Lobb’s read-aloud of Old Yeller, but when her teacher trips over it, the class fills her in on Helen’s bad reputation:

“Is this the way you usually start out the school year?”
“You bet.” Jimmy’s voice drifted from the back of the classroom.

Resolving to do better, Helen writes Mrs. Lobb a note of apology, and the teacher, regarding Helen’s poor spelling, instantly has an idea about what’s u

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Wow, this book is really horrible! Waaaaaaay before the days of political correctness, Jenny and her friends flat out fat shame poor Elsie to the max. I'm not all that into accepting unhealthy weight gain as fine---I think we need to do what we can to live as healthily as possible---but this story is downright heartbreaking; and the worst thing is that the author brings very little moral element out of the story. Elsie is treated horribly by kids and adults, alike; but the more weight she show more loses, the nicer she is treated. By the end of the story, Elsie can see her feet and all is well. I can't help but wonder how many cases of bullying and eating disorders this author was responsible for.

I remember when the phrase "politically incorrect" became popular. I was in ninth grade. I remember thinking it was stupid and anti-American to ever censor anyone's words, and I still believe that to an extent, but this book really is over the top.

On a positive note, when I read this in grade school, I would imagine all the scenes as if they took place at my own school. Reading back through this last night, I can still see it all in my mind! Those were some happy days.

And...Elsie's feet still look really sunburnt on this cover. I never understood that one.show less

For such a short book, this was stupid and incredibly annoying. I am not noting that to take a crack against people with dyslexia. The attitude towards dyslexia was shockingly insensitive in this book, and I have no idea whether or not that was common in the mid-80s, which is when this book was written. I've only ever heard people with dyslexia refer to it as, "It means you can't read," said curtly and they don't discuss it further.

Barthe Faith DeClements [1] (born

Barthe DeClements

American author

Barthe Faith DeClements (born October 8, 1920) is an American author of children's and young adult books.

Awards

Her first novel, 1981's Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade, won young reader awards from California, Georgia, and Ohio.

Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You won the 1988 Young Readers Choice Award and the 1989 Buckeye Children's and Teen Book (Ohio).

Bibliography

Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade (1981)
How Do You Lose Those Ninth Grade Blues? (1984)
Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You (1985)
Seventeen and In-Between (1985)
I Never Asked You to Understand Me (1986)
No Place for Me (1987)
The Fourth Grade Wizards (1988)
Double Trouble (1988)
Five-Finger Discount (1989)
Wake Me at Midnight (1991)
The Bite of the Gold Bug: A Story of the Alaskan Gold Rush (1992)
The Pickle Song (1993)
Tough Loser (1994)
Liar, Liar (1998)

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Books by Barthe DeClements

Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade (Elsie Edwards, #1)
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3.95 avg rating — 11,923 ratings — published 1981 — 31 editions

Sixth Grade Can Really Kill You
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3.73 avg rating — 2,229 ratings — published 1985 — 15 editions

The Fourth Grade Wizards
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3.71 avg rating — 340 ratings — published 1988 — 10 editions

How Do You Lose Those Ninth Grade Blues?
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3.73 avg rating — 338 ratings — published 1984 — 5 editions

Seventeen and In-Between
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3.80 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 1985 — 6 editions

Double Trouble
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3.74 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions

I Never Asked You to Understand Me: A Novel
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4.02 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1986 — 5 editions

No Place for Me
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3.77 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 1987 — 4 editions

Wake Me at Midnight
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3.15 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1991 — 4 editions

Five-Finger Discount (Jerry Johnson #1)
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3.08 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1989 — 12 editions

Library Book: The Bite of the Gold Bug
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3.29 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1992 — 12 editions

The Pickle Song
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3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions

Liar, Liar
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3.73 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions

Monkey See Monkey Do
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — 4 editions

Tough Loser
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3.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions

Book Sets for Girls: Nothing Fair in the 5th Grade; the Story of Tracy Beaker; Meltdown; Girls Rule; the Ultimate Babysitter Hand Book; Ultimate Sleepover Party; 4th Grade Wizards; Oops I Did It Again
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