Billie's mom gives her bean sprout sandwiches for lunch. She is so embarrassed she eats under the gym bleachers, until she is found by the one and only Tim Kurtz.
This was one of those books I think I got at a book fair probably in elementary school. A lesson about making the most of a bad situation maybe? I re-read the book. I don't think there is really a lesson, but it was ok when I was a kid.