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Everyone has noticed a shift in Toby, but she lashes out when others try to help. After botching her art assignment and then trashing it, Toby shouts down her art teacher and receives lunchtime detention.
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Everyone has noticed a shift in Toby, but she lashes out when others try to help.
After botching her art assignment and then trashing it, Toby shouts down her art teacher and receives lunchtime detention.
There she meets two other students, Layla and Reed, whom she treats with the same rudeness she's been showing to everyone else.
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Everyone has noticed a shift in Toby, but she lashes out when others try to help. After botching her art assignment and then trashing it, Toby shouts down her art teacher and receives lunchtime detention. There she meets two other students, Layla and Reed, whom she treats with the same rudeness she's been showing to everyone else.
How it works
- While the narrative's resolution stretches credulity, seeing Toby work together with her new friends to find the actual culprit is satisfying.
- Her parents handle her distress with love and reassurance, providing a potential roadmap for families dealing with similar issues (it turns out Toby's angst is rooted in family problems).
- Just before they're all done serving their time, their art teacher storms in to accuse Toby of sneaking out of detention and destroying her classmates' canvases.
- Toby's parents will be there at day's end for a conference to discuss consequences.
- Layla and Reed know Toby is innocent, and after lunch, they all start an investigation to prove she had nothing to do with the crime.
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