Pumpkin Pie

Pumpkin Pie is a book written by Jean Ure, first published in 2002. It follows the life of 12 year old Jenny, and her struggle with an eating disorder, which was triggered after her face was chosen to appear on the cover of a book named Here comes Ellen.

Children

 * Jenny Penny : The main character of the book. She is nicknamed Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie and more recently Plumpkin. She is 12 years old and the middle child of the three kids in her family. She was somewhat overweight, due to her restaurant owner dad always pushing food at her. She later began hiding or throwing away food, which turned into bulimia (where she vomited after eating) when unable to do so. She later gets help from her siblings, and begins to stand up to her dad more.


 * Louise Penny: the eldest of the three kids. She is nicknamed Petal, and is 14 years old. She is tall and slim, and is fancied by lots of the boys in her class at school. After discovering Jenny is bulimic, she vows the three of them will stick together.


 * Phillip Penny: the youngest of the three kids. He is 10 years old, and is small and thin, which earned him his nickname Pip (short for Pipsqueak). He is notably picky with his food, hating red coloured food, and crusts on his toast. He is also a genius for his age, coming top in many lessons at school. He also acts quite childlike, mocking Jenny's vocal warmups learned from drama. He was the first to notice Jenny's illness, and stuck up for her when they went to tea at their dads restaurant.


 * Saffy :the best friend of Jenny at school. She is small and skinny with red hair and bright green eyes. She is sweet and caring, and was shaken when Jenny discovered that Ellen, the titular character of the book Here comes Ellen, was a fat girl.


 * Angie Moon: A girl in Jenny's drama class. Is nicknamed Little Miss Twinkle or more often Twinkle or Twink due to her constantly grinning at boys and showing off. She isn't nice to Jenny at first, but was horrified at Deidre Dobson, a former TV star, making a horrible comment at Jenny's size.


 * Zoë Davidson: A girl in Jenny's drama class. She likes to show off, more than Twinkle, and cruelly nicknamed Jenny Elephant, but was horrified at Deidre Dobson's comment.