Chapter 3 Summary

Everything was new for the girl on this first day of school: her clothes, her shoes, even the road she walked on. She felt like an outsider as she watched all the girls pair off and walk arm-in-arm. She knew where her classroom was because she and her mother had taken a tour a week ago. She had also met some of her teachers already. However, she did not like that her desk was in the third row in the classroom. She would have preferred her customary seat directly in front of the teacher so she could show how quick and industrious she was. She was staring at the fuzzy hair of the girl in front of her when this girl turned around and introduced herself as Gwen Joseph. The girl told Gwen her name was Annie John.

For the first day of...