John a junior in high school makes a new friend in school one day. Jose gives him the chance to make one change in his life, and after his life is different when he makes the change he is taken for a short time to the future to see how Jose did it, and why.
Christopher Dean "Chris" Myers is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. In 1998, Myers won a Caldecott Honor for his illustrations in Harlem. The following year, he wrote and illustrated Black Cat, a book that received a Coretta Scott King Award (2000). In addition to writing and illustrating his own stories, Myers often illustrates books written by his father Walter Dean Myers.