On a sweltering hot summer day, a group of children were led through a maze of giant sailboats, somersaulting toy clowns, and the staggering gap between poverty and wealth. Toni Cade Bambara delves into the minds of these children as they hopped aboard a rollercoaster of emotions. Some of the children were angry that Ms. Moore brought them into F.A.O. Schwartz, taunting them with unattainable dreams of wealth. Others were shocked that people could afford such luxuries. Sugar, one of the young black girls, was outraged by the economic gap between the poor and the rich of society. “Equal chance to pursue happiness means an equal crack at the dough, don’t it?” (410). Did these children feel that money could solve all of their problems?