Goodbye Pound Cake

<p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1)>Inspired by the memory of her mother to register for this year's Newport Bridge Run Rhode Island's most popular long-distance running race of the year 14-year-old Michelle Natale envisions herself getting fit sporting a perfect body and finally silencing the Hyenas and their boyfriends at Apple Valley Middle School who bully her and call her Pound Cake. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1)>But when Michelle invites her best friend Mandy on the journey from overweight outcasts to beautiful winners Mandy declines. Instead she takes a different path to happiness and the two friends nearly destroy everything that's most important. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(33 33 33 1)>Michelle learns from her relationships with her science-nerd father her obnoxious big brother her dreamy new running coach her mini-me dog and even Elvis Presley bringing messages from beyond that true beauty comes from family friendship healthy choices and being happy with who you are.</span></p>