I am a first grade teacher, and I ordered this book from our class Scholastic Book Order. I was hoping to read this book to my class this week as a read aloud. Like always, I sat down today to pre-read this book before I read it to a group of 6 and 7 year olds- I am so happy I did!
Like many reviews before me, I was disgusted by the way the author described Jill Simon. Within the first chapter, I noticed the word fat being used at least 5 times, the main character even saying "everything about Jill was fat". Needless to say, I will be looking for another December read aloud.
There is so much good literature out there for children, and this book does not fit into that category. Buyer beware!