History ComicBook / Allergic

* BestFriend: Maggie ends up with two: Claire, a girl one grade above her who just moved next door to her, and Sebastian, a boy in ehr grade level who's allergic to eggs.

* AngerMontage: Maggie has one after learning she's so severely allergic to animal dander; she tears down all the pictures of animals in her room and gets rid of all her books about animals in anger. Her room [[EnvironmentalSymbolism remains undecorated]] until the end [[spoiler:when, after visiting an aquarium with her mom and baby sister June, she decides she wants to be a marine biologist and re-decorates her room with various images and toys of sea creatures.]]

* BestFriend: Maggie ends up with two: Claire, a slightly older girl who just moved next door to her, and Sebastian, a boy who goes to her school and is allergic to eggs.

''Allergic'' is a [[ComicBook graphic novel]] by Megan Wagner Lloyd and illustrated by Michelle Mee Nutter released March 2, 2021.

* PlotAllergy: The main plot of the book, and played very realistically. After Maggie tries to adopt a puppy--something she's always wanted--she breaks out in hives. A skin prick test shows she's allergic to everything with feathers and fur, and she spends the rest of the book desperately trying to find out what pet she ''can'' have that won't aggravate her allergies.

--and then promptly breaks out in hives and itching. Come to find out [[PlotAllergy she's severely allergic to everything with fur or feathers]], which is devastating for the AnimalLover Maggie is. Now all Maggie wants to do is outwit her allergies and find the perfect pet for her--one way or another.

* AngerMontage: Maggie has one after learning she's so severely allergic to animal dander; she tears down all the pictures of animals in her room and gets rid of all her books abut animals in anger. Her room [[EnvironmentalSymbolism remains undecorated]] until the end [[spoiler:when, after visiting an aquarium with her mom and baby sister June, she decides she wants to be a marine biologist and re-decorates her room with various images and toys of sea creatures.]]
* AnimalLover: Maggie adores animals, so she's devastated to learn she's severely allergic to ''everything'' with fur or feathers.

* BirthdayBeginning: The book starts on Maggie's tenth birthday, where she's eager to finally get her new pet dog she's wanted for years. Then she finds out how allergic to animals she is.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: It's on Maggie's tenth birthday, when picking out a new puppy, that she learns she's severely allergic to animals.

--and then promptly breaks out in hives and itching. Come to find out [[PlotAllergy she's severely allergic to everything with fur or feathers]]--devastating for the AnimalLover she is. Now all Maggie wants to do is outwit her allergies and find the perfect pet for her--one way or another.

Margaret "Maggie" Wilson, who has just turned ten and is the oldest of three-soon-to-be-four, is ''finally'' able to pick out the dog she's been hoping for her entire life. She's been wishing for a dog for years--and in part wants one now because she feels she's the odd one out in her family as her parents are worried about the new baby on the way and her younger twin brothers have each other to entertain themselves. She she picks out the perfect puppy--

** Maggie, who has just turned ten, is finally allowed to pick out her very own dog. She finds the perfect one--and then breaks out in itching and hives minutes later, so bad she has to go home and lay down. [[PlotAllergy She's found to be severely allergic to animal dander--anything with fur or feathers]] and has to give up her wish.

** Claire, Maggie's new friend next door who has lived in apartments her whole life, gets a pet dog. Maggie upset that she can't have the puppy she always wanted, avoids Claire for several days.
** After Maggie's brothers blurt out she has a secret mouse--[[SurpriseLitterOfPuppies twelve of them]]--Maggie first screams at them before screaming at her friend Claire that it was all ''her'' idea to get the mouse in the first place and she can't have pets like Claire can. They make up the day Maggie's younger sibling is born and apologize to each other.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: The puppy at the start of the book is only seen at the shelter on Maggie's tenth birthday--and because of it, she learns just how allergic to animal dander she is.
* SurpriseLitterOfPuppies: Maggie's hidden pet mouse Pipsqueak gives birth to a surprise litter of mice. She and Claire try to hide the mice and plan to split them between each other until her little brothers blurt out the secret.

* TimePassesMontage: Shown as the months passing with a calendar in the book, and then at the end with a mix of events in her life and [[spoiler:baby June growing up over her first several months--which is then followed up with her walking.]]

** Maggie, who has just turned ten, is allowed to pick out her very own dog. She finds the perfect one--and then breaks out in itching and hives minutes later, so bad she has to go home and lay down. [[PlotAllergy She's found to be severely allergic to anything with fur or feathers]] and has to give up her wish.
** Maggie and Claire get her a pet mouse, which Maggie sneaks into the house while Claire distracts her mom. She's found out by her brothers and has to give Pipsqueak--and her eleven babies--back to the store.

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Maggie's younger brothers, Liam and Noah, are identical twins who in her opinion only pay attention to each other and are seen together practically through the entire book. This wouldn't stand out, except [[spoiler:this is partially {{Deconstructed|Trope}} when, on the night their mom is away giving birth, Liam admits to Maggie that sometimes Noah can be overwhelming and he'd like time with his sister too.]] She's later shown treating htem al ittle more like individuals.

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Maggie's younger brothers, Liam and Noah, are identical twins who in her opinion only pay attention to each other and are seen together practically through the entire book. This wouldn't stand out, except [[spoiler:this is partially {{Deconstructed|Trope}} when, on the night their mom is away giving birth, Liam admits to Maggie that sometimes Noah can be overwhelming and he'd like time with his sister too.]]

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Maggie's younger brothers, Liam and Noah, are identical twins who only pay attention to each other and are seen together practically through the entire book. This wouldn't stand out, except [[spoiler:this is partially {{Deconstructed|Trope}} when, on the night their mom is away giving birth, Liam admits to Maggie that sometimes Noah can be overwhelming and he'd like time with his sister too.]]

** Maggie's first attempt at a non-furry pet--a fish--goes poorly, and the fish dies. Fish are also seen in the background of the pet store where Maggie and Claire buy her pet mouse, but they avoid them. [[spoiler:After baby June is born and Maggie goes to the aquarium with her mom, she finally finds the perfect pet--fish--and this time knows what to do to care for them.]]

* CannotKeepASecret: Liam and Noah blurt out to their grandma that Maggie has ''twelve'' pet mice in her room, angering her.

* CoversAlwaysLie: Minor, but the dog shown on the cover of the book is only seen during Maggie's attempt to adopt them--shortly before she finds out she's allergic and is never seen again. The dog that does later show up, Claire's puppy Lucky, is brown.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: The puppy at the start of the book is only seen at the shelter on Maggie's tenth birthday

* AngerMontage: Maggie has one after learning she's so severely allergic to animal dander; she tears down all the pictures of animals in her room and gets rid of all her books abut animals in anger. Her room [[EnvironmentalSymbolism remains undecorated]] until the end [[spoiler:when, after visiting an aquarium with her mom and baby sister June, she decides she wants to be a marine biologist and has decorated her room with various images and toys of sea creatures.]]

[[caption-width-right:416:Maggie can have any pet--except all the cool ones.]]

Margaret "Maggie" Wilson, who has just turned ten and is the oldest of three-soon-to-be-four, is ''finally'' able to pick out the dog she's been hoping for her entire life. She's been wishing for a dog for years, as the odd one out in her family; her parents are worried about the new baby on the way and her younger twin brothers have each other to entertain themselves. She's taken to the shelter, where she picks out the perfect puppy--

--and then promptly breaks out in hives and itching. [[PlotAllergy She's severely allergic to everything with fur or feathers.]] Now all Maggie wants to do is outwit her allergies and find the perfect pet for her--one way or another.

* TimePassesMontage: Shown as the months passing with a calendar in the book, and then at the end with [[spoiler:baby June growing up over her first several months, then followed up with her walking.]]

* TantrumThrowing: Maggie throws one after learning she's allergic to animal dander; she tears down all the pictures of animals in her room and gets rid of all her books on animals in anger. Her room [[EnvironmentalSymbolism remains undecorated]] until the end [[spoiler:when, after visiting an aquarium with her mom and baby sister June, she decides she wants to be a marine biologist and has decorated her room with various images and toys of sea creatures.]]

** Sebastian tries to say hi to Maggie when she's first called to the office to go get her first allergy shot. He's later revealed to have an allergy himself--to eggs.
** Maggie's first attempt at a non-furry pet--a fish--goes poorly, and the fish dies. Fish are also seen in the background of the pet store where Maggie and Claire buy her pet mouse. [[spoiler:After baby June is born and Maggie goes to the aquarium, she finally finds the perfect pet--fish--and this time knows what to do to care for them.]]

* ClassPet: At the start of the school year, the teacher shows they have a class pet--a hamster. Maggie immediately breaks out sneezing and the teacher has the class pet sent to the other fifth grade classroom. Maggie is sure the whole class hates her now.

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Maggie's younger brothers, Liam and Noah, are identical twins who only pay attention to each others and are seen together through the entire book. [[spoiler: This is partially {{Deconstructed|Trope}} when, on the night their mom is away giving birth, Liam admits to Maggie that sometimes Noah can be overwhelming.]]

* ClassPet: At the start of the school year, the teacher shows they have a class pet. Maggie immediately breaks out sneezing and the teacher has the class pet sent to the other fifth grade classroom.

* NewTransferStudent: Maggie feels like this attending Golden River; school boundaries have changed, so she has to go to a new elementary school where none of her friends attend.

** Claire, who has lived in apartments her whole life, gets a pet dog. Maggie upset that she can't have the puppy she always wanted, avoids Claire for several days.

* SecretPetPlot: Maggie tries to hide a pet mouse in her closet (that she and her best friend Claire worked together to buy her). It fails not only because of Maggie's severe animal allergies, but because [[SurpriseLitterOfPuppies Pipsqueak had babies]] and her brothers blurt the secret out to their grandma.