Friendship · School · Belonging
The New Kid Sits Alone on Purpose
Not everyone sitting alone wants rescuing.
- Age range
- Ages 6-10
- Reading time
- 7 minutes
- Category
- Friendship stories
What happens
A well-meaning girl decides to befriend the new boy who eats lunch by himself. He would rather she didn't. What they work out between them is more interesting, and more true, than the usual version of this story.
Read the opening
Listen to this story
He sat at the end of the third table, every day, with a book propped against his water bottle.
Priya had been raised on the rule that nobody should sit alone, so on the fourth day she took her tray over and sat down opposite him, ready to be extremely friendly about it.
He looked up. "I like it here," he said. Not rudely. Just as information. Priya, who had a whole plan, discovered that her plan did not have a page for this.
The rest of the story is written around your child — their name, their age, and the hero they describe.
What if your child were the hero?
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Why this one is worth your time
- Teaches consent in friendship — that kindness includes asking, not just doing.
- Useful for both the outgoing child and the child who needs quiet.
- Ends with a real friendship built on the other person's terms.
Talk about it afterward
- Was Priya wrong to sit down? What could she have said first?
- Do you ever want to be alone at school? How do you tell people?
What if your child were the hero?