A powerful debut novel in verse about a neurodivergent seventh grader who dreams of traveling to the stars one day. nThis story is about a boy who is certain of his own magic in the midst of the doubtful adults around him. A kid who knows not even the sky, but the stars are the limit. Which makes Paulinos debut...extraordinary. --Jason Reynolds, author of National Book Award finalist Look Both Ways and Newbery Honor Book Long Way Down n nSeventh-grade Alexs favorite things to do are watching YouTube videos of rocket launches with his Papi and spending hours on the NASA website reading about astronauts and planets. He even dreams of going to space one day himself, and knows hell have to study hard in order to get there. n nBut Alex is in his grades SC (self-contained) classroom, which means doing the same dull worksheets every day and reading books his sister read back in the third grade. Worst of all, being in SC means nobody thinks hes ready to join Ms. Rosefs mainstream science class--the class Alex knows will be the first step on his path to NASA. n nWhen his teacher says not yet for the millionth time, Alex decides its time to make a change. Now hes ready to try everything he can to get the people in his life--his teachers, his parents, and the kids at school--to understand that he, Alex Ramirez, is capable of the extraordinary.n