What to Say Next
"What to Say Next reminds readers that hope can be found in unexpected places." –Bustle
From the New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things comes a story about two struggling teenagers who find an unexpected connection just when they need it most. Nicola Yoon, the bestselling author of Everything, Everything, calls it "charming, funny, and deeply affecting."
Sometimes a new perspective is all that is needed to make sense of the world.
KIT: I don’t know why I decide not to sit with Annie and Violet at lunch. It feels like no one here gets what I’m going through. How could they? I don’t even understand.
DAVID: In the 622 days I’ve attended Mapleview High, Kit Lowell is the first person to sit at my lunch table. I mean, I’ve never once sat with someone until now. “So your dad is dead,” I say to Kit, because this is a fact I’ve recently learned about her.
When an unlikely friendship is sparked between relatively popular Kit Lowell and socially isolated David Drucker, everyone is surprised, most of all Kit and David. Kit appreciates David’s blunt honesty—in fact, she finds it bizarrely refreshing. David welcomes Kit’s attention and her inquisitive nature. When she asks for his help figuring out the how and why of her dad’s tragic car accident, David is all in. But neither of them can predict what they’ll find. Can their friendship survive the truth?
Named a Best Young Adult Novel of the Year by POPSUGAR
“Charming, funny, and deeply affecting all at the same time.” –Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star
“Heartfelt, charming, deep, and real. I love it with all my heart.” –Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places
From the New York Times bestselling author of Tell Me Three Things comes a story about two struggling teenagers who find an unexpected connection just when they need it most. Nicola Yoon, the bestselling author of Everything, Everything, calls it "charming, funny, and deeply affecting."
Sometimes a new perspective is all that is needed to make sense of the world.
KIT: I don’t know why I decide not to sit with Annie and Violet at lunch. It feels like no one here gets what I’m going through. How could they? I don’t even understand.
DAVID: In the 622 days I’ve attended Mapleview High, Kit Lowell is the first person to sit at my lunch table. I mean, I’ve never once sat with someone until now. “So your dad is dead,” I say to Kit, because this is a fact I’ve recently learned about her.
When an unlikely friendship is sparked between relatively popular Kit Lowell and socially isolated David Drucker, everyone is surprised, most of all Kit and David. Kit appreciates David’s blunt honesty—in fact, she finds it bizarrely refreshing. David welcomes Kit’s attention and her inquisitive nature. When she asks for his help figuring out the how and why of her dad’s tragic car accident, David is all in. But neither of them can predict what they’ll find. Can their friendship survive the truth?
Named a Best Young Adult Novel of the Year by POPSUGAR
“Charming, funny, and deeply affecting all at the same time.” –Nicola Yoon, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything, Everything and The Sun Is Also a Star
“Heartfelt, charming, deep, and real. I love it with all my heart.” –Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places
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I loved this book! I don't know why I waited so long to pick it up!! I listened to the audio and it was really good. The narrators were perfect for the roles of Kit and David.
Kit is grieving the death of her father and the last thing she wants to do is sit at the table with her friends. They don't understand what it's like to lose a parent and to be holding on to the events of what happened that day as if it happened yesterday. When she eyes David, the weird kid, she decides he may be the only person who will not ask her if she's ok, or expect her to just go back to normal, so she takes a seat next to him at lunch one day.
David is known as the "weird" kid. No one understands him and to be honest he doesn't really understand them either. David is different and you get that from the beginning but you also know that he's on the spectrum. He was once classified as having Asperger's when Asperger's was still a thing. He has a hard time picking up social queues and always has to think through a person's responses to him in order to understand what they may be portraying. When Kit sits down at his table at lunch one day he is more than confused by what is happening.
I enjoyed the development between Kit and David. Kit finds David's quirkiness kind of funny and enjoys the fact that he doesn't ask too many questions and David starts to realize that not everyone looks at him like he's weird. When David starts to discover that he may have feelings for Kit he recruits his big sister to help him figure out how to show Kit how much he likes her.
Over time they start to see each other in ways that others aren't able to. They start to understand one another and in that process they are able to help each other. This book explores grief, autism, bullying, and family dynamics.
Kit is grieving the death of her father and the last thing she wants to do is sit at the table with her friends. They don't understand what it's like to lose a parent and to be holding on to the events of what happened that day as if it happened yesterday. When she eyes David, the weird kid, she decides he may be the only person who will not ask her if she's ok, or expect her to just go back to normal, so she takes a seat next to him at lunch one day.
David is known as the "weird" kid. No one understands him and to be honest he doesn't really understand them either. David is different and you get that from the beginning but you also know that he's on the spectrum. He was once classified as having Asperger's when Asperger's was still a thing. He has a hard time picking up social queues and always has to think through a person's responses to him in order to understand what they may be portraying. When Kit sits down at his table at lunch one day he is more than confused by what is happening.
I enjoyed the development between Kit and David. Kit finds David's quirkiness kind of funny and enjoys the fact that he doesn't ask too many questions and David starts to realize that not everyone looks at him like he's weird. When David starts to discover that he may have feelings for Kit he recruits his big sister to help him figure out how to show Kit how much he likes her.
Over time they start to see each other in ways that others aren't able to. They start to understand one another and in that process they are able to help each other. This book explores grief, autism, bullying, and family dynamics.
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