Rodrigo appeared to be totally unphased by Harry’s rude thoughts. Imagine! “So this is a great one,” he said, holding up one of the books. The cover read We Are In a Book, by Mo Willems. “Are you familiar with Mo Willems? Elephant and Piggy?”
“Well, my guess is that this one’s Elephant and that one’s Piggy.” Harry pointed at the cartoony animals on the cover. Should he feel concerned that he knew nothing more than that? Probably not. He didn’t lose any life points by failing to be acquainted with a children’s book author or the characters under consideration. Right?
“Smart guy. My girls love them. And this one --” Rodrigo paused, gestured meaningfully with the book. “This one is, like, really meta.”
Harry had two immediate and conflicting thoughts:
- He was totally shocked that Rodrigo used words like ‘meta’.
- He was very distressed to find that he’d made this kind of judgement based on nothing at all. Disrespect, apparently.
Actually, there were three thoughts…
(3) He wondered about checking the book out the next time he was at the library.
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