These covers scream middle grade to me, and even though I haven’t read this book, I’d classify it as much more middle grade than YA. More notable, though, is that both covers seem to appeal to a much younger readership than the prior ones. The girl has disappeared, though, and in both instances, she’s been replaced by an object. Another step up from the rolled up jeans and the flood waters. On the right, we get another cat, as well as paw prints, and we’re given an image of gym shorts. It’s simplistic but it stands out to me because of that. I like the one on the right - yes it has a cat, but I really like the use of the chalk-style font for the title. The last two covers don’t feature a girl at all but are illustrated and, I believe, the two most current renditions. Also consistent is that the girl looks like a typical girl - she’s not tiny! She’s not overly made up! She looks like any high school girl would look. What’s consistent across the covers, aside from the pink shirt, is the use of green. Actually, the first cover suggests the girl isn’t moving for anything, while the second one suggests she’s not being allowed to play and she’s disappointed. Notice how she went from a long-haired blonde to a medium-haired blonde to a long-haired brunette? In the first two covers, she’s not getting up to play at all, but in the last one, she looks like she’s straight up annoyed to have to be involved in a game. Also there was a change in shoe color from brown to pink. I like how the first two covers give us a girl who has rolled up the bottoms of her jeans and the second one just has her in flood waters. Finney and the values she stands for is worth the price she must pay at home and in school.The first three covers for The Cat Ate My Gymsuit (and the next batch) feature a girl sporting a long-sleeved pink shirt - two being sweatshirts. With her mother firmly on her side, her father violently opposed, Marcy mus decide whether her fight for Ms. When Marcy, now out of her shell, helps to organize a protest, she too is suspended. Finney is suspended because of her controversial teaching methods, the school is thrown into an uproar. Marcy has never met anyone like her, and suddenly life in and out of school begins to have a purpose. Finney, an English teacher who will try anything in the classroom, and above all, a teacher who acts human. Life at home isn't great either, since her father bosses her and her mother around. Marcy Lewis is bored by school, she despairs of ever being thin, and she is certain she'll never have a date.
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