Rookie Choices
18 total works
While researching the American flag for a class project, the Corner Kids ask townspeople what the flag means to them and find that each person has a different answer.
When the Corner Kids cannot go to the water park because the car breaks down, Alex figures out a way they can have fun in spite of their disappointment.
Gabby takes a pretty sparkle thing from the market without paying for it and must face the consequences.
The Corner Kids learn that it takes patience to teach their dog tricks in time for the community pet show.
Three J and Alex help Gabby keep a promise to her grandmother.
The Corner Kids all have different ideas about how to use a big box, but then they find that working together is the best idea of all.
On a field trip to the Nature Center, Three J leads his second-grade classmates on a mission to pick up as much trash as posssible after they find a bird caught in a discarded lunch bag.
Abby and her friends take time to move some bicycles so that their blind neighbor can walk on the sidewalk.
Gaby learns a lesson in kindness when she befriends the new girl in school.
Three J has the opportunity to cheat in a contest to win a new bike and must decide what to do.
While the Corner Kids are giving their dog Jake a bath, they recall when Three J first got Jake and how he decided to share him with Gabby and Alex.
Jealous of his friends's matching coats, Alex soon realizes how fortunate he is to have a warm coat when so many people have none.
Alex learns a lesson about telling the truth when he thinks he has lost the money his mother gave him to buy milk.
With the encouragement of the other Corner Kids, Alex keeps trying until he is able to swim all the way across the pool.
Gabby discovers that cheating at tee-ball is not the best way to win.
When the Corner Kids decide to clean up a dump to make it a playground, Alex's bossy ways hamper their progress.
Alex, Three J, Gabby, and their classmates decide on rules of behavior so that the class can work well together.