Shows readers the steps to the fundamental social skills of listening and following instructions. When the hero, RJ, learns to use these skills the right way, he has the best day of his life.
"RJ's way of doing things isn't working out for him. His teacher is upset because so many of his assignments are missing or incomplete, but RJ blames other students for distracting him. He learns how to ask for help and stay on task, and discovers that by doing things the right way the first time, he no longer has to do them over and over again."--Publisher.
Louis finds it difficult to keep his inner itching, twitching, and jumping under control until his mother teaches him some tricks she learned from her own experiences with attention deficit disorder to stay still and focused.
RJ is having another bad day, but with the help of his coach, he learns that working as a team and sharing are skills needed not just on the soccer field, but in school and at home too.
When he is invited to the school principal's office for personal space camp, self-proclaimed space expert Louis thinks he is going to learn about the planets, but instead finds out he has been getting too close to his schoolmates.