Something about Sally
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Mary couldn't wait to get home to tell her Mom about her first day in middle school. As a fifth grader, she was excited to be going to a new school and meeting new friends. She could barely contain her excitement as she ran through the front door of her home. "Mom, you won't believe how great my new school is! At lunch I get to choose what I want to eat. I couldn't do that when I was in little kid's school last year. School is going to be great this year, I just know it." "I'm glad you had a good day," her Mother said. "Did you meet any knew friends?" Mary thought for a moment and said, "Well there is this one girl. Her name is Sally.
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About the Book
This is the story of friendship and acceptance and follows two middle-school girls, one who lives with her mother in a nice home and the other who lives in a homeless shelter. The story follows the journey these girls take as they build their friendship and promotes the values of caring, generosity, and compassion for those who are less fortunate.
About the Author
Sharon Burns Laubenstein is a bachelor’s-prepared registered nurse. She hasn't always been successful and draws upon her own experiences of being homeless and having to rely on the kindness of others to survive as her inspiration for this book. It is her desire that those who read this book will have a better understanding of how to treat those less fortunate with the same kindness and respect that they themselves would want to be shown if the roles were reversed.