The plot centers on a young girl, Maddie, who tacitly participates in bullying Wanda, an immigrant attending her school. Wanda is poor and speaks with a heavy accent. She insists that she has 100 dresses in her closet at home, yet she wears the same, ragged one each day. Though Maddie does not actively tease Wanda, she stands by and says nothing when others do because--a poor girl herself--she fears that the other girls may turn on her if she speaks up. Eventually, Maddie learns that Wanda is a talented artist who has drawn 100 beautiful dresses, which she keeps in her closet at home. When Wanda gives Maddie one of those drawings for Christmas, Maddie determines that she will never again stand by and say nothing while another person is bullied.