Deenie’s mother wants her to be a model, with her face on magazine covers—maybe even in the movies—but Deenie wants to spend Saturdays with her friends Janet and Midge, tracking Harvey Grabowsky, the captain of the football team, around Woolworth’s. She wants to be a cheerleader, too, and go to the seventh-grade mixer to hear Buddy Brader play his drums. Instead, Deenie is diagnosed with scoliosis. And that means body stockings to squeeze into, a roomful of strangers to face, and a terrifying brace that she’ll need to wear for years that goes from her neck to her hips. Suddenly Deenie has to cope with a kind of specialness that’s frightening—and might be hers forever.
For over twenty years, children have enjoyed this tale of antics by the children in the Greedy family. While Needy Greedy whines, Speedy always wants to be first, Feedy wants the most, and Indeed Greedy wants to best and biggest, little Not Greedy waits patiently and politely. Follow the Greedies around for a day and see the humorous situations they get themselves into as well as the opportunities they miss as the result of bad manners. Also learn the rewards gained by Not Greedy as she exersizes throughtfuness and good manners.
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