Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade Quotes

“I had just started my new paragraph when the classroom door opened and a woman and a fat blond girl walked in. Sharon sits behind me and I heard her say, “Ugh.” Diane sits beside me and she whispered, “I hope she isn’t going to be in this room.”
― Barthe DeClements, Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade

“Elsie was gross. Her eyes were squished above cheek bubbles of fat. Her chin rippled down her neck. She really didn’t have a waist except where her stomach bulged out below her chest. Her legs looked like two bed pillows with the ends stuffed in shoes. I knew everyone hated having Elsie in our room.”
― Barthe DeClements, Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade

“money. Halfway through that fifth grade year there was no money out on anyone’s desk.”
― Barthe DeClements, Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade

“three,”
― Barthe DeClements, Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade

“My mother says I should be nice to everyone. Either school was different when she was young or she just doesn’t remember.”
― Barthe DeClements, Nothing's Fair in Fifth Grade