Michael and Andrew are homeless twin brothers. After their mother lost her job at the department store, they moved to Chicago. Michael and Andrew attended regular school once being homeschooled.

Their mother felt it was time for them to attend public school and make friends. Although Andrew is shy and doesn't want to go to school, his brother, Michael is eager and seeks to help him every step of the way.

It's the first day of school, and the boys are walking with their mother to the new school. Mother reminds them to practice good manners and have a good day. She kisses them and they wave goodbye before going into the school

The boys are in the same math class. The teacher, Ms. Parks, notices that the brothers's shirts and pants are dirty. The classmates are excited for the new students. Ms. Parks asks the students to introduce themselves and to tell the class something about themselves.

Andrew raises his hand, and the teacher calls on him. He looks down before he speaks.

"Andrew," the teacher calls out.

"Yes, Ms. Parks," says Andrew.

"It's your turn," she replied.

Andrew began to speak softly. "My name is Andrew and my brother is Michael. We live on a campground on 4th Avenue.

All the children began to laugh.

"Settle down," replied Ms. Parks, "lets all be respectful of our classmates."

Andrew immediately looked at his brother and frowns at his classmates. The teacher places the children in groups to work on a math problem. Andrew is assigned to a group of three boys.

"We don't want you with us," said one of them.

"What is that smell," called out another.

Andrew becomes frustrated.

Ms. parks asks is everyone in their group okay?

"Yes," the students replied.

She notices Andrew is alone in the corner and goes over to him.

"Andrew, whats wrong?"

"Nothing," he said. "I was just tying my shoelaces."

"Okay!" said Ms. Parks. "Move along to your group."

Andrew asked to join the group. No one would talk to him or allow him to join, but he remembered what his mother said about being nice.

The bell rang for lunch and the children gathered their lunch boxes and went to line up.

"How are things going?" said Michael.

"I don't like school anymore. Everyone is mean and its not like our other school. They called me dirty and smelly," said Andrew.

Andrew was already shy to attend school, and now he is feeling shameful.

His brother reached over towards him and said, "remember what mama said."

During recess, the brothers were playing basketball alone.

Another classmate named Ben came over.

“Can I play," asked Ben.

"Yes," replied Michael

“Why?” replied Andrew, "you're just like them."

Ben dropped his head. "I know where you live," he said.

Both brothers looked amazed. "What?," they both replied.

"I once lived there too," said Ben.