Chapter 2
But Jim wasn’t dead. She was just in hiding. This 12-year-old girl was living in a box in an alley. She had had many challenges she faced: fighting rats, roaches, and many other pests that tried to invade her home. But she would always win the war.
It would seem impossible for a girl to live without money, and it probably is. Luckily, Jim saved up her allowance for so many years; it could last her months. She always used it if absolutely necessary. For example, if she got tired of the taste if rats and garbage, Jim could buy a dinner at Luigi’s, which happens to be the building the alley belongs to.
The box wasn’t that bad either. It was big enough to fit Jim’s whole body. She even had room to hold her favorite stuffed panda, Wilbur. “Home fit for a queen,” she told herself daily.
So you could say she had things going pretty well.
