What Happens Next is a raw, realistic story told by an unnamed protagonist who feels different from everybody else, like she doesn\'t quite fit in.
It\'s a powerful starting point for discussions of emotions, empathy, and how we relate to others..
Graphic novel-style panels set a steady pace for the emotional impact of this important story that doesn\'t simplify the realities of feeling like an outsider.
Spare illustrations in a limited palette of blues and greens convey feeling alone even in the hustle and bustle of a crowded schoolyard.
At school the Next day, the narrator confronts the bully by spinning her ``weirdo`` obsession with science into an opportunity to find common ground, and maybe help the bully see the world in a new way.
She takes these hurt feelings home, where Mom listens and offers some ideas.
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What Everyone Else Does: Nothing.) and emotions (How I Feel Sometimes: Bad.
Bullied by a girl at school, our narrator gives a terse script of the related facts (What Her Friends Do: Laugh.
What Happens Next is a raw, realistic story told by an unnamed protagonist who feels different from everybody else, like she doesn\'t quite fit in
