When Reesa's essay about America is choosen to represent her junior high in the county contest, she's thrilled--until she learns she'll have to read the essay in front of five hundred people. If she can't participate in front of a class of twenty-nine, how will she ever speak to five hundred strangers? Reesa decides it's time to take some drastic steps. She's determined to overcome her fear. But is is really possible to cure a lifelong phobia in just two weeks? What if she gets up on the stage and can't open her mouth?