This book is about a girl named Janie who doesn't have a lot of money. She goes to a school that isn't nice. Windows are broken and water drips from the ceiling. When her mom came to the school for something, she was disappointed and upset. She couldn't believe the conditions her daughters school was in. She decided that she would trade her sweaters to a store for profit. She wanted to make enough money so that the family could move and Janie could go to a better school. Janie and her family ended up moving and Janie went to an expensive school. Everyone but her had nice, new clothes. It was winter and Janie had a coat that didn't fit her. She made a friend named Kimberly and she offered to give Janie a coat. Janie said, "No thank you. I am getting a new coat on Saturday." When Janie and her mom when shopping, they went to the store Janie's mom sold the sweaters. She had to pick up her check. Her mom didn't get a check because there was someone else that made sweaters for less money. They got a trash bag full of all of the sweaters. They never ended up buying anything because they didn't have much money. Janie insisted that she would wear the sweaters her mom made. They had different names on them. She told the kids at her school that they were her middle names. She also said that she had 500 different middle names. She ended up taking the coat from Kimberly. Kimberly bought a new coat just for Janie because she wanted her to be her friend.
Janelle Mixner
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