The Hundred Dresses - 1 (Chapter Summary)
CBSE Class 10 - English Literature
Chapter Summary
The story is about a quiet and shy girl named Wanda Petronski, a Polish immigrant, who had come to America with her family. She studied in an American town with American children who found her name to be strange and funny. She was a poor girl, who kept to herself and lived in Boggins Heights. She was always seen wearing a faded blue dress. She didn't have many friends and she used to sit on the backbenches. She always kept a low profile. Her classmates prodded her because she claimed to have a hundred dresses “all lined up” in her closet. But she was always seen wearing a blue one. Peggy and Maddie were her best friends and they used to tease Wanda the most. Peggy was the most famous girl in school while anyone barely knew Wanda.