Lexile = 760
I loved Buxbaum's last book, Tell Me Three Things. The cute cover sucked me in to a likewise cute tale of finding your place in high school. Well, same story here right down to the cute cover art. Told in alternating chapters, David and Kit are trying to find their place in high school. But it's waaayyy harder for David, who is on the autism spectrum. Everything is harder for him... except for anything academic. David's older and very popular sister has helped him make a notebook to guide him through the social morass of school. Lists of who to trust, who is likely out to get him, and how to respond in a variety of situations are excruciatingly detailed in the book.
And then comes Kit. Her father has just died in a tragic car accident and all of her friends don't know what to say. David, given his lack of social gloss, tells it like it is which Kit finds refreshing. Yup.... you know where this is going.
I felt like this was rather predictable, but there is a twist or two at the end. And, the author has stated that of the five books she has written, What to Say Next is her favorite, which is kind of like declaring that one of your children is your favorite! Watch a student made trailer HERE.
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