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"What to Say Next reminds readers that hope can be found in unexpected places." –Bustle.com
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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"Sometimes you follow the work of a writer based on their early work, which is what I’ve done with Julie Buxbaum. I am sure that there are others that I’ve done the same but I have followed the writer’s work since I read “The Opposite of Love,†one of my favorite novels. Her most recent young adult fiction novel focuses on Kit and David, two teenagers from opposite ends of the high-school food chain. David is on the spectrum and as a result, is socially awkward and keeps his distance from the rest of his peers. One day, Kit sits down at his table during lunch. After 622 days of sitting by himself, David might have a friend.
Kit isn’t feeling like herself after her father’s death in a car accident. On the one-month anniversary of his passing, she sits down next to David at lunch, and finds herself enjoying his company. The rest of the novel is a progression of their friendship. It’s easy to settle into the book and begin to root for them. I loved how unsure of each other they were at the beginning, how awkward but cute their dynamic was.
To be honest, I wasn’t sure how much of the book I could finish. I lost my dad in a car accident and Kit’s grief felt so real to me at times. but it was funny, and interesting, and I just fell in love with their voices, the thoughts in their heads. The romance in the novel wasn’t too much, and I like how Kit’s friends weren’t mean girls to her when she stopped hanging out with them. Also, +++ that Kit was half-Indian – her mom is from India! It was great to have representation and to see bits and pieces of Indian culture shown throughout.
I guess I dropped it a star because while I really enjoyed the novel, I was on the fence about the end. I didn’t think that the plot twist was necessary and perhaps could have just been incorporated into the storyline, but it was still such a good read."
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What to Say Next Julie Buxbaum Books Reviews
- I just loved Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum so as soon as I knew she was writing another YA novel, I pre-ordered it and dove right in. I read this wonderful, serious, funny, definitely sad book in one day, but the SAD was integral to the story of Kit Lowell sitting at David Drucker's lunch table. Kit is popular but grieving the death of her dad and really can't deal right now with her friends' company, sympathy, etc.(not that she tells them this). Kit sitting with David (OMG, their growing friendship was palpable, sweet, engrossing) changes his (and Kit's) life. David and Kit were such authentic characters; you rooted for them, wanted to punch them (you will see), and you hoped & prayed their friendship was string enough to survive reality that is HS life. The book is told in alternating chapters by Kit & David and really spoke to me about them as real teens. David was such a great character, being on the spectrum of autism (which he doesn't really think he has) and totally supported by his family was so nice to see in YA literature. But I really liked the way Buxbaum let us see David's thoughts (and desires) about Kit. She becomes the reason he really tries to be more normal- his sister is away at college & they do a lot of FaceTime- Miney helps & supports David. Due to his sister's deep abiding love- David keeps a notebook on his thoughts of his classmates, who to talk to, and who to stay away from. He has been bullied by Justin & Gabriel since middle school and this is detailed in his notebook too. But as he comes to wonder & rely on seeing and talking to Kit everyday at lunch (his sister tells him to text Kit too) you see his awkwardness but since he is so intelligent and his sister has tried to drum normalness into him, David becomes so much more to Kit and to the reader. You feel his loneliness, his yearning, his intelligence as he begins to look Kit (and others) in the eye, uses his headphones less, look around as he walks in the school halls. I really enjoyed the new David with clothes and haircut (just as everyone else does, but Kit already saw that David) and I loved David's honesty when he told Kit she was beautiful and in his thoughts how he loved her just as she was (with or without makeup, nice clothes, smiling or crying) I just could not put this book down, Kit and David are two protagonists I really enjoyed getting to know, teens will like the HS drama, develop empathy for those who are different and despise the horrible bullying for teens like David.
- Sometimes you follow the work of a writer based on their early work, which is what I’ve done with Julie Buxbaum. I am sure that there are others that I’ve done the same but I have followed the writer’s work since I read “The Opposite of Love,†one of my favorite novels. Her most recent young adult fiction novel focuses on Kit and David, two teenagers from opposite ends of the high-school food chain. David is on the spectrum and as a result, is socially awkward and keeps his distance from the rest of his peers. One day, Kit sits down at his table during lunch. After 622 days of sitting by himself, David might have a friend.
Kit isn’t feeling like herself after her father’s death in a car accident. On the one-month anniversary of his passing, she sits down next to David at lunch, and finds herself enjoying his company. The rest of the novel is a progression of their friendship. It’s easy to settle into the book and begin to root for them. I loved how unsure of each other they were at the beginning, how awkward but cute their dynamic was.
To be honest, I wasn’t sure how much of the book I could finish. I lost my dad in a car accident and Kit’s grief felt so real to me at times. but it was funny, and interesting, and I just fell in love with their voices, the thoughts in their heads. The romance in the novel wasn’t too much, and I like how Kit’s friends weren’t mean girls to her when she stopped hanging out with them. Also, +++ that Kit was half-Indian – her mom is from India! It was great to have representation and to see bits and pieces of Indian culture shown throughout.
I guess I dropped it a star because while I really enjoyed the novel, I was on the fence about the end. I didn’t think that the plot twist was necessary and perhaps could have just been incorporated into the storyline, but it was still such a good read. - I loved this book. Like curled up in bed, butterflies in my stomach, loved it. It gave me all the feels and I seriously enjoyed feeling that way because, damn...it's been a while!
I've read a lot of criticism about this book, and the way it dealt with Asperger's and other factors, but to be completely honest, I felt that this book was such a positive portrayal. In fact, for a good portion of the book, it didn't even occur to me that David had Asperger's or anything else. I know he mentions it, but he mentions it briefly and he mentions a lot of things, I only thought it was one more piece of information he was sharing with us. I thought he was just a really smart, intelligent and socially awkward kid. That's a good thing though, because that's the whole idea isn't it? That these kids are normal, are just the same as everyone else, and should not be treated any different.
I loved Kit and David's relationship, I loved how it progressed and oh man, that first kiss was everything. EVERYTHING.
The whole mystery behind her dad's death was a bit...dramatic. I mean, I saw it coming, but it was definitely dramatic. The family drama with Kit was all kind of dramatic, to tell you the truth. It wasn't the kind of drama that bothered me though. The blow out scene definitely bothered me. I understood both sides of it, although I found it a little harder to understand David's outburst, and I think that was when it really began to sink in that he had Asperger's, because it was such an overreaction over something that doesn't exactly have anything to do with him personally.
It was a very hurtful scene to read, especially coming right after a wonderful night. It hurt to read it, and it hurt to experience it, and it hurt to put myself in both of their shoes.
I loved his road to redemption though and I loved that it was left open-ended, because some things hurt so bad that it isn't easily forgiven or forgotten. I appreciated that.
The one thing that annoyed me was David's sister. She was a pain in the ass. I did not enjoy her character or her interjections in David's life.
Wonderful read. Definitely recommend it.
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