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Frieda Wishinsky
FRIEDA WISHINSKY is the award-winning author of more than eighty books — including picture books, novels and nonfiction — which have been translated into many languages. Each One Special, illustrated by Werner Zimmerman, was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award, and Please, Louise! illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay, won the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award. More recently, Frieda has written the novel A Flower is a Friend, illustrated by Karen Patkau, and How to Become an Accidental Entrepreneur with Elizabeth MacLeod. Frieda grew up in Manhattan and has always loved crossing the Brooklyn Bridge. She now lives in Toronto, Ontario.
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Blob - Frieda Wishinsky
Blob
Blob
Frieda Wishinsky
Orca Currents
ORCA BOOK PUBLISHERS
Copyright © 2010 Frieda Wishinsky
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced
or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical,
including photocopying, recording or by any information storage
and retrieval system now known or to be invented, without
permission in writing from the publisher.
Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication
Wishinsky, Frieda
Blob / written by Frieda Wishinsky.
(Orca currents)
ISBN 978-1-55469-182-1 (bound).--ISBN 978-1-55469-181-4 (pbk.)
I. Title. II. Series: Orca currents
PS8595.I834B56 2010 jC813’.54 C2009-906831-1
First published in the United States, 2010
Library of Congress Control Number: 2009940776
Summary: Eve is overweight, and her self-image is suffering until she
joins a mentoring program and learns to accept herself the way she is.
Orca Book Publishers gratefully acknowledges the support for its publishing
programs provided by the following agencies: the Government of Canada
through the Canada Book Fund and the Canada Council for the Arts, and
the Province of British Columbia
through the BC Arts Council and the Book Publishing Tax Credit.
Cover design by Teresa Bubela
Cover photography by Getty Images
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Printed on 100% PCW recycled paper.
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Contents
chapter one
chapter two
chapter three
chapter four
chapter five
chapter six
chapter seven
chapter eight
chapter nine
chapter ten
chapter eleven
chapter twelve
chapter thirteen
chapter fourteen
chapter fifteen
chapter sixteen
I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll be glad to make an exception.
—Groucho Marks
chapter one
It’s the first day of school and my heart is pounding. It always pounds on the first day, but this year is worse. We moved to a new neighborhood this summer, and I’m starting high school. I know almost no one at South View High—except Sarah.
I’m glad she’ll be there. I’ve known her since grade three. She was away in California this summer, but we spoke on the phone last week. She’s as nervous about high school as I am.
I hurry toward the red brick building. Phew! Sarah is standing on the top step talking to Zoe Campbell. I didn’t know Zoe was going to South View. Zoe towers over Sarah. Zoe used to be short. I can’t believe how much she grew over the summer.
I’m almost at the bottom step. I’m about to call out to Sarah and tell her to wait up. Before I can say a word, I hear Zoe. Are you still friends with Eve?
Her words blast out.
What? I stop walking. Why is Zoe talking about me? Why is she talking so loudly that all the kids rushing into school can hear?
Sarah nods.
I saw Eve on the street this summer,
says Zoe. "She’s gotten so fat. She looks like a blob."
I feel like a herd of horses are stomping through my chest. I want to turn and run, but my feet are glued to the pavement.
She’s just a little overweight,
says Sarah.
Have you seen her gut? It jiggles like jelly. She must have hit on every candy bar in the city. I’d be embarrassed to be seen with her.
Zoe tosses her long brown hair.
I’m not embarrassed.
Sarah’s voice is shaky and uncertain.
I want to shout, Sarah! This is me you’re talking about. Me! Eve! Your friend. Tell Zoe I’m not a blob. Tell her I’m your friend, and you don’t care what she says.
But Sarah says nothing. Kids pass me up the stairs and into the building.
I watch Sarah and Zoe walk into school as the bell rings.
Blob! The word hammers through my head. Blob. Blob. Blob.
I know I’ve gained weight this summer. Almost none of my clothes fit me anymore. I’m wearing a pair of jeans that were loose last year. Now I can barely zip them up. And I can’t button the top button. I’ve used a safety pin instead.
My dad’s big shirts cover my bulging middle, but he’s complaining that he has nothing to wear. I’ve been taking all his good shirts.
It was that dumb job at the convenience store. Every time the owner barked at me, I ate. She barked all the time, so I ate all the time. I ate cookies, pretzels, potato chips and ice cream. A double chocolate cone always cheers me up.
Now I’m fat and I’m going to be the butt of Zoe’s jokes. Why does she have to go to this school? Why is she being snarky about me?