CHAPTER ONE As he watched his grandmother’s car pull out of the parking lot of his brand-new school Jordan’s many worries gathered together in his stomach and threw a wild party Jordan hadn’t wanted a big scene when they arrived and his grandmother grandmother who insisted that he call her Beverly because that was her name had promised that she wouldn’t give her grandson a kiss or call him Jordy 1
or do anything at all to embarrass him when she dropped him off for his first day Since Beverly was already late for work she’d only said a quick goodbye as her grandson got out of the car But now Jordan was regretting not asking for a hug Just a small one For courage Jordan watched the other kids on the schoolyard as they buzzed together in clusters of friends laughing and talking in what sounded like a whole different language Their excitement only made him feel more lonely like he was a visitor from a faraway planet Like he was the only one of his kind True he’d felt like an alien at his old school too but at least there he knew what to expect He knew the kids who thought his hair was funny because it hung almost to his chin and the kids 2
