Though no longer a fat girl, Elsie, now fifteen, still has trouble believing anyone could love her and that old fear threatens her relationship with her boyfrie

A fifth grade class, repelled by the overweight new student who has serious home problems, finally learns to accept her.

Though no longer a fat girl, Elsie, now fifteen, still has trouble believing anyone could love her and that old fear threatens her relationship with her boyfrie

At seventeen, Elsie Edwards, once the fat girl of fifth grade, later slender but insecure in ninth grade, now has boyfriend problems that once would have seemed

Two teenage girls attending an alternative high school for problem students find that their disintegrating family lives have pushed them to the edge.