**A graphic memoir for teens about the author's efforts to overcome her
social anxiety by learning improv comedy.
**
Alex has crippling social anxiety. All day long, she is trapped in a web
of negative thoughts and paralyzing fear. To pull herself free of this
endless cycle, Alex does something truly terrifying: she signs up for an
improv comedy class. By forcing herself to play silly games and act out
ridiculous scenes, Alex confronts the unbearable weight of
embarrassment, makes new friends, rediscovers parts of herself that
she'd hidden away, and ultimately faces her greatest fear by performing
onstage for all to see.