The Hundred Dresses
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The Hundred Dresses is a 1944 book by Eleanor Estes and illustrated by Louis Slobodkin. The book is about a young girl who had no friends and got teased on a regular basis by the same people that she looked to as friends. She tried so desperately to fit in, to become one of the "in crowd." But that failed miserably. What no one seemed to realize that beneath Wanda's awkwardness and differences stood a young girl who could be a good friend and confidante. Wanda didn't judge others for their differences but she, herself, was judged for what was perceived to be different.
This book is about how Wanda Petronski is practically invisible to her classmates so the girls find it easy to ignore her. She wears the same faded blue dress every day although she claims that she has one hundred dresses.
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