It’s 1978. Miranda’s mother is practicing to be a contestant on "The $20,000 Pyramid." On the TV game show you have to guess groups of things. Miranda starts to think in groups like, Thinks That Smell, Things That Sneak Up on You, Things You Push Away, and Things That Make No Sense. In this last group fit: her friend Sal, who lives in the same New York City apartment building with her, suddenly doesn’t want to walk to school with her or have anything to do with her, the crazy guy on the corner who suddenly jumps out on the street and starts kicking, and the strange notes. Why she is getting notes tucked into her books and pockets that predict what will happen to her in the future? Then the predictions start coming true.