Gracie feels like a minor character in her own life story--until a
mysterious journal turns her fictional stories into reality.
It's 1987, and sixteen-year-old Gracie Byrne wishes her life were
totally different. Shy and awkward, she has trouble fitting in at her
new school, she's still reeling from her parents' divorce, and her
grandmother Katherine's Alzheimer's is getting worse. So when Gracie
finds a blank journal in Katherine's vanity drawer, she begins writing
stories about herself--a more popular version of herself, that is. But
then the hot guy in her art class describes a dream he had about
her--the exact scene she wrote about him in her journal--and Gracie
realizes that she can create any reality she wants, from acing tests to
winning the attention of her previously indifferent classmates. As her
ability to change what is into what she wishes it to be grows
stronger, though, Gracie starts to second-guess what's real--especially
when it comes to a budding relationship with her cute neighbor, Tom.
This compelling story deftly blends friendship, family, and romance . .
. and bends the bounds of reality itself.