In what way was Wanda different from the other children?
Wanda Petronski was a polish girl whose parents had settled down in America. She was a source of fun cause of her last name that made her different from others, because Americans did not have such names which was difficult to pronounce. She came to school alone and her feet were covered with the mud. She preferred to sit alone in last in the classroom. She had only one blue dress which was faded but she claimed of having hundred dresses. These qualities make her different from other children in the classroom.
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