The Totally True Story of Gracie Byrne
(Young Adult Book)

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 something wild happens: Gracie discovers that her fictional stories are coming true in weird and unexpected ways. Suddenly the mysterious guy in her art class is flirting with her, she's acing tests she forgot to study for, and she's winning the attention of her previously indifferent classmates. But as her ability to change what is into what she wishes it to be grows stronger, Gracie starts to second-guess what's real--especially when it comes to a budding relationship with her cute neighbor, Tom.