Waylon has an amazing brain filled with brilliant ideas to make life more awesome through science. He is constantly thinking about teleportation, human gills, and even how to attract cupcakes by controlling gravity. But lately, it is impossible for him to focus on his inventions because his personal universe feels like it is exploding. At school, a classmate is trying to divide all the fourth-grade boys into two rival groups. Waylon does not want to pick a side. He would much rather be friends with everyone, except maybe the scary new kid, Baxter Boylen. To make matters worse, his older sister is suddenly wearing all black and pulling away from the family. You will relate to Waylon as he tries to navigate these confusing changes at home and in the classroom. This funny and heartfelt middle grade fiction story proves that even when your world feels like a chaotic science experiment, things can still work out. Discover how one truly awesome thing might be exactly what Waylon needs to bring everything back together.