Excellent book about anxiety and changes as Sasha goes to spend the summer with Aunt Ruthie. When he gets overwhelmed Sasha goes to a place he calls the Gray. His uncle called Sasha’s sensitivity a gift and Sasha wonders if going away will make things worse. While at Aunt Ruthie’s Sasha makes new friends Eli and Ivy, and he learns to work with horses. He finds he likes being outside where he can fish with Eli and swim with Ivy. When something happens to make Eli run away, Sasha knows he has to help look for him. Will his anxiety get in the way? He remembers “ when things feel big take them just one step at a time.”