On her first day, she feels small and sad, which is reinforced by the accompanying illustration of her standing alone in the playground, surrounded by groups of cheerful children. When Dany inherits an old sketch book from her great aunt Elma, she decides to draw the head of her favorite anime character: the evil but misunderstood Prince Neptune. It goes through several archetypes like “The vulnerable child”, “The different drummer” etc and gives specific advice for how to help each of these.

Unfortunately, it’s a Scholastic Graphix publication which means it will likely be available at book fairs. It’s part of government conspiracy to prepare upcoming generations for survival in a technology-free dystopia.Dany’s mother wishes to be thin, and though she is complimented by other adults and invited to social gatherings that she was not before, now food tastes terrible, and she considers her wish a curse.

I loved the cast of characters and a few of them came from diverse backgrounds (black, Guatemalan, Asian, etc). A really lovely simple read, I particularly like the repetition to make the book familiar as you go through and repeat the story. He emerges, alive, from the pages into her room, but since she only sketched his pretty face, he is just a talking “floaty head. If you’re an adult woman who wants to have closer friends I think there’s no reason to not get this book.

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