This book spans a few months in Janie Marshall's life at school, where she has to adjust to a new teacher. Janie wants to make a good impression on a new teacher , and it backfires. The teacher humiliates her in front of the entire class, and Janie starts feeling miserable about her life in general. In particular, why must she live in the ugliest, rattiest pair of shoes on earth? It doesn't help that the owner of the most beautiful shoes in town is the nasty teacher. Things happen, conflicts intensify, and Janie's father winds up being the hero by effortlessly turning the shoe issue back on the teacher, leaving her with her tongue tied and cheeks burning.
This book spans a few months in Janie Marshall's life at school, where she has to adjust to a new teacher. Janie wants to make a good impression on a new teacher , and it backfires. The teacher humiliates her in front of the entire class, and Janie starts feeling miserable about her life in general. In particular, why must she live in the ugliest, rattiest pair of shoes on earth? It doesn't help that the owner of the most beautiful shoes in town is the nasty teacher. Things happen, conflicts intensify, and Janie's father winds up being the hero by effortlessly turning the shoe issue back on the teacher, leaving her with her tongue tied and cheeks burning.