Squashed
Joan Bauer
Penguin Young Readers Group
<p>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&#8212;and if she could take off 20 herself...in hopes of attracting Wes, the new boy in town.</p>