The Thing About LeftoversBy: C. C. Payne With the humor and poignancy of Joan Bauer and Lynda Mullaly Hunt, this story reminds readers that they have a right to a voice, that it's okay to say how you feel, and that some leftovers are absolutely delicious! Fizzy is a good Southern girl who just wants to be perfect. And win the Southern Living cook off. The being perfect part is hard though, since her parents divorced and everything in her life has changed. Wary of her too