Twelve-year-old Alex has just moved to a new town, a new school, and a life he didn't ask for.
He doesn't know anyone. The cafeteria feels like a minefield. And the voice in his head keeps telling him exactly how badly everything is going to go.
Then his grandmother hands him a plain notebook and says something that stops him cold: the brain practices whatever you give it to practice.
What if the story he keeps telling himself isn't actually true?
Through new friendships, early mornings on a basketball court, and a journal he wasn't sure he needed, Alex begins to discover that confidence isn't something you're born with. It's something you build.
For anyone who has ever felt like the new kid in a school, in a situation, or in their own head.