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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the OP and so thankful I started this thread and got such interesting, smart responses (so far, keep them coming, I'm not trying to end the discussion!). I didn't want to say too much at the beginning about Hazel because I wanted to give everyone time but I thought she was a precocious kid who was misunderstood by her peers and not thoroughly liked by the narrator initially but they did have an interesting conversation together where perhaps Hazel was better "seen" and understood by the narrator. The end where she didn't want to rejoin the group I think I also understood, but I thought the adults' reactions and the way the author wrote about how the adults handled it was a little over the top. So I wanted to check with you all to see if I was missing something. The author's idea of having a kid who is an "outlier" resonated with me and kind of made me think of the nonfiction book Far From the Tree which really meant a lot to me as a parent. [/quote]
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