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Squashed

by Joan Bauer · 1992

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Humor, agriculture and young love all come together in Joan Bauer's first novel, set in rural Iowa. Sixteen-year-old Ellie Morgan's life would be almost perfect if she could just get her potentially prize-winning pumpkin to put on about 200 more pounds—and if she could take off 20 herself...in hopes of attracting Wes, the new boy in town.

Genre
literary fictionhumorromancecoming of agewomen’s fiction
Themes
friendshipchildhood
Setting
1990siowahigh school
Mood
quirky
Audience
young adultchildrensmiddle grade
Length
medium · 208 pages

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