Ally Wernsman’s Reviews > Darius the Great Is Not Okay > Status Update

The book got interesting when a few kids from Darius school show up to his work and Darius gets scared immediately. I'm still learning the background with Trent, his bully, but I can tell already Darius has felt out of place since kindergarten when he spent every "game of heads up thumbs up, with [his] head down and thumb up, completely ignored" (Khorram 5).

I don't fully understand why the books start with Darius explaining the importance of tea but I do know he works at a tea shop and has a dream to go to "Rose City Teas" (Khorram 3).