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Reviewed on December 1, 1992
Gr 5-7 Fifth grader Brady is normally full of vim and vinegar. When forced to clean up the mashed potatoes she flung in creative sport, she retaliates in innovative fashion; "Fishface" McGill, her teacher, must unravel yards of plastic wrap from around his sports car. But Brady becomes emotionally winded by the thought of the upcoming Parents' Night at school. Her mother died while giving birth to her, and her father faded away years before after being released from the psychiatric ward of the V. A. hospital. Left in the care of her grandfather, who now suffers from e...Log In or Sign Up to Read More