Amping up the green, wavy lines to evoke Raina’s nausea, Telgemeier brilliantly produces extremely accurate visual representations of stress and anxiety. Her therapist helps her learn to ground herself and relax, and in turn she teaches her classmates for a school project.
At first Raina isn’t sure about seeing a therapist, but over time she develops healthy coping mechanisms to deal with her stress and anxiety. She worries about sharing food with her friends and eating certain kinds of foods, afraid of getting sick or food poisoning. Raina begins having regular stomachaches that keep her home from school. Even a year later, when she is in fifth grade, she fears getting sick.
Young Raina is 9 when she throws up for the first time that she remembers, due to a stomach bug. Serviceably written, this engaging and realistic tale is a top pick for reluctant readers and anyone with an interest in what veterinary care entails. Mopping up blood and pee, cutting tangles from matted fur, de-worming-caring for pets can be downright gross! Encouraged by Uncle Sanjay, Hawk, another young volunteer, and Toni, a nurse and island psychic who inspires her to hunt for seaglass on the beach, Poppy finds a way to make a positive difference and discovers that helping to deliver fuzzy puppies, soothing an injured poodle and comforting a bereaved cat owner compensate for the messy, smellier chores. Gentle Uncle Sanjay lives up to her expectations, but the clinic ambiance-cranky staff, needy animals and wacky owners-is a shock. Now Poppy has the chance to test-drive her dream, assisting Uncle Sanjay at his island veterinary clinic in Washington state while her parents visit relatives in India. Poppy Ray, 11, hopes to become a veterinarian someday, but her experience with animals is more virtual than real, since Mom is allergic to fur.
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