Not gonna lie, Basic Clinical Pediatrics sneaked up and wrecked me on a Tuesday afternoon. Mohammed El-Naggar writes a man learning sign language so he can talk to his granddaughter, and the scene where he finally gets a full sentence right and she just stares at him and then hugs him is so gentle it hurts. A couple of subplots feel like filler. Who this is for: readers who like soft, tender stories about family. Who should pass: anybody who wants edge and tension.