Itās 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, sheās still reeling from her parentsā divorce, and her grandmother Katherineās Alzheimerās is getting worse. So when Gracie finds a blank journal in Katherineās vanity drawer, she begins writing stories about herselfāa more popular version of herself, that is. But then the hot guy in her art class describes a dream he had about herāthe exact scene she wrote about him in her journalāand 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 whatās realāespecially 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.