Best Foot Foward by Joan Bauer shared by shemi

Best Foot Forward is about a girl named Jenna It is summer and she is working full-time at a shoe store. One day she was working in the shoe shop when a teenage girl and her little brother went in. The little boy went directly to the name covered tree. Soon after, a teenage boy came in and looked around. The girl started to shout that her stomach hurt and that she needed water. Jenna went to the back to get her some water when she realized something was wrong. She ran back, but the boy already had four boxes of shoes and ran out the door. One of the other staff members started to shout and chase after him. Jenna realized that the girl and the boy were still there; the staff members told them that unless they told them who he was, they wouldn’t let them leave the store. It turns out that he was their brother and that he stole a couple of times before. They caught him and asked him a couple of questions. His name was Tanner. Since he came back with everything and told them his situation, Jenna and the others decided to let it go. One of Tanner’s parents was an alcoholic and the other was in jail. He was sorry and said that he could make it up by working at the store. The owner of the store, Mrs. Gladstone, decided to let him work. Jenna couldn’t tell if this was a good or bad thing. While the staff was asking Tanner questions, the little boy wrote his name on the tree and read a book out loud. Tanner was the one that taught him. After a week, Tanner started to work. He was really good at his job. After a while, he was a different person. Mrs. Gladstone let him sell shoes and he was even better than he was at packing boxes. Mrs. Gladstone decided to have a program called Best Foot Forward since their shoes weren’t selling as much. It was basically a different coupon a week or month. Mrs. Gladstone’s store was known for their quality and service. However, there was a problem. Jenna and Tanner realized that the quality of the shoes were terrible. After doing a lot of research, Jenna found out that their shoes were made in Thailand instead of the USA and that children were working too. Mrs. Gladstone was fuming and said that it needed to stop even if it started with her salary. She didn’t want to abuse the people. Jenna thought that most people wanted fame and money, but Jenna thought that helping people and making them happy was even better.
Opinion:
I think that Best Foot Forward is a really nice book. It is realistic like Dreamland.