Penny, a 14-year-old African-American girl attempting to negotiate the early years of adolescence, is the protagonist of "The Proud Family," which chronicles her exploits and misfortunes. Penny's every meeting spirals inevitably into larger-than-life events loaded with laughter and heart. Her efforts to reconcile her home, school, and social lives are further hampered by friends like the feisty Dijonay, Penny's archenemy LaCienega Boulevardez, her loving, if overprotective, parents, and her hip-to-the-groove grandmother, Suga Mama.
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Penny, a 14-year-old African-American girl attempting to negotiate the early years of adolescence, is the protagonist of "The Proud Family," which chronicles her exploits and misfortunes. Penny's every meeting spirals inevitably into larger-than-life events loaded with laughter and heart. Her efforts to reconcile her home, school, and social lives are further hampered by friends like the feisty Dijonay, Penny's archenemy LaCienega Boulevardez, her loving, if overprotective, parents, and her hip-to-the-groove grandmother, Suga Mama.
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