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Ginger Jenkins was horrified when her 

parents told her they were moving to a new 

town. Her dad got a new job in Morningside. 

He just kept calling it an “adventure”. To 

Ginger it was anything but an adventure. 

Adventures were supposed to be fun and 

exciting, moving was scary and definitely 

not at all fun. 

As much as Ginger wanted to hate her new 

house, she couldn't. It was so big and just 

what her mom had always wanted. Moving 

wasn't quite as bad as she thought it would 

be so far.  

Once Ginger saw her new school, she knew 

she was going to love it here. There was a 

huge park, that she couldn't wait to play at  

and her teacher, Mrs. Swan, even had a pet 

hamster! She could not wait for her first 

day. 

Ginger's first day of school was almost 

everything she expected, but it had only 

been one hour. Soon the students were 

paired and Ginger had to be partners with a 

boy named Louis. Every time she tried to 

talk to him he would laugh and then whisper 

to the girl, Brittany, who sat next to him. 

Ginger tried to get in on their jokes, but 

they just gave her a blank stare. Then they 

looked at each other and laughed even 

harder. This day was taking a turn for the 

worst. 

By lunch Ginger knew what Brittany and 

Louis were laughing about. It was her crazy, 

out of control, fire red, hair. Ginger had 

always liked her hair, it made her different 

from most of the other kids. Now she wish 

she had brown or blond hair like everyone 

else in her class. She could not wait for this 

day to be over. 

When Ginger got home from school she 

looked in the mirror for a long time. What 

was wrong with her hair and why did it 

matter to the kids at school what color it 

was? Finally decided she would ask her mom 

what to do. 

When Ginger came downstairs her mom was 

in the kitchen making supper. She could tell 

something was wrong, so she took her and 

her brother into the living room and they 

sat on the couch and talked about 

everything that had happened at school.

Her brother told her he liked her red hair 

and that it reminded him of a carrot. Her 

mom told her she needed to keep her head 

up and show the kids at school what being 

different was really all about. 

As her mom made breakfast the next 

morning, Ginger was making plans for what 

to say to the bullies at school. Until finally 

she figured it out. 

When Ginger got to school she walked 

straight up to Brittany and Louis. She told 

them how many people actually had red 

hair, proving she wasn't the only one. She 

also said she didn't care if they didn't like 

her because she liked herself and that is all 

that really mattered. 

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