For fans of Fish in a Tree and Wonder, Mandy Davis s uplifting debut follows space-obsessed Lester Musselbaum as he experiences the challenges of his first days of public middle school: making friends, facing bullies, finding his "thing," and accidentally learning of his autism-spectrum diagnosis. Lester s first days as a fifth grader at Quarry elementary school are not even a little bit like he thought they would be the cafeteria is too loud for Lester's ears, there are too many kids, and then there's the bully.