Second grader Sherry feels she is rich with the many "treasures" that her life brings, until one day in class she is teased by Mary Jane, the most popular girl in the class. At first, Sherry wants to retaliate by 'getting even'. She imagines unleashing her pain and anger by hitting the bully, Mary Jane, until she promises to stop the teasing. Realizing that will never happen, Sherry tells her mama, "I have to have more clothes, and not just more, but better; better clothes like Mary Jane to make the teasing stop. If I had clothes like Mary Jane, I would be special, and the kids in my class...