Kimberly’s friend Annette does not yet seem to grasp the depths of Kimberly’s poverty. What does this say about her? Is Kimberly right to keep the details of her home life a secret? Why do you think?

Annette Avery is Kimberley’s best friend from the times of middle school. I think Annette is perhaps a little naive about poverty. I think Kim is self-conscious about her poverty which is understandable. Annette proves to be a loyal friend to Kimberley. She doesn’t seem to care that other children think that Kimberley is weird. Once Annette manages to learn where Kimberley lives and shows up there. When she sees the terrible flat, without central heating and full of cockroaches, the girl understands that Kimberley’s life is not that easy as she used to think. She begs Kimberley to accept her help, for Annette’s mother is an estate agent. Mrs. Avery does help and soon enough Kimberley and her mother leave slums of Brooklyn and move into a little, but very comfy flat in Queens.