Ally goes along with them when they tease Albert, though she apologizes to him the next day.īackstage before the holiday concert, as Mrs. She's jealous of their friendship bracelets and wants to be a part of something. At lunch, Ally accepts Shay and Jessica's offer to sit with them. Daniels asks her about it and when she says it's a dark room where she can be invisible, he tells her he's glad she's not invisible. The students can write whatever they want, and he won't grade them, so Ally tests this by drawing a black cube. Ally shows the class a steel penny, which Dad gave to her before he was deployed.Ī few days later, Mr. Keisha, a new student, brings in a homemade cupcake while Albert, a hulking and science-loving boy, brings in water. Daniels, asks his students to participate in a show-and-tell exercise.

Ally is shocked to learn that coins are only valuable when they're different.Īlly's new teacher, Mr. The coins were minted in the year that their Grandpa, who died about a year ago, was born.

The salesman doesn't take Travis seriously, which Travis uses to his advantage to buy a valuable coin for himself and a special dime for Ally. That weekend, Ally's big brother, Travis, takes Ally coin shopping. Ally draws in her Sketchbook of Impossible Things, where she records things that will never happen in real life. That afternoon, as Ally tries to do homework at the restaurant where Mom works, Shay and her friend Jessica stop and tease Ally about being dumb. There are two hands reaching towards each other and Ally pretends she can read it. Silver asks Ally to read a poster on the wall. Silver, asks her why she'd give a sympathy card at a baby shower. Ally is confused until the principal, Mrs. Shay, the class bully, reads the card and tells Ally she's dumb. Ally gives her teacher a card with yellow roses on it, but Mrs. After some arguing, Ally covers her paper with the word 'why?' She admits to the reader that she doesn't want to write because she can't read or write, no matter how hard she tries. Hall goes on maternity leave, the new teacher can learn about the students. She's supposed to be writing about herself so that when Mrs.

Ally, a sixth-grade student, argues with her teacher, Mrs.

Fish in a tree by lynda mullaly hunt