What if the scariest thing isn't what's coming next - it's letting go of what came before?

Josie doesn't do change.

She likes the same mug, the same walk, the same bedroom she's had since she was seven. She likes knowing what comes next. She's autistic, and the world makes sense when it stays still.

But then her parents announce they're moving house. New town. New school.

New everything. And Josie has to leave behind the streets she's memorised,

the friends who already understand her, and the life she'd carefully built to feel

safe.

When she volunteers at a Paws and Promises, Josie meets Molly, loud,

impulsive, and nothing like anyone she's known before. And Ben, the boy next

door who walks the same route every evening and never changes plans

without warning.

But even with new people who get it, Josie can't stop looking back. Her old

friends are moving on without her. Her old life is becoming someone else's.

And the question she can't escape is

“What if yesterday isn't coming back and what if that has to be

A bridge to deeper understanding: this book offers autistic

teens the validation they deserve, while giving parents

the clarity they need to truly see their child.

Belinda Wells is an Emotional Wellbeing Therapist, Parenting Coach,

and creator of Stories with a Difference, therapist-crafted stories

that help young people understand what they feel and find tools to cope.