This story from Norma Fox Mazer describes the emotional stress of a plus-sized senior high-schooler having trouble finding her place in the world. Ignored by boys and feeling patronized by her normal-sized family, she fantasizes about a white light that will lead her to where she can be as big and strong and loud as she was born, as she naturally is. In the meantime, she finds solace in casting out her line and watching it break through the glassy sheen of the reservoir. Themes: physical appearance, inclusiveness, alienation/loneliness, sexuality, identity, finding peace in nature.
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