As imaginary friends go, Budo is lucky -- he's been alive for more than five years. But Budo feels his age, and thinks about the day when eight-year-old Max Delaney will stop believing in him. Some say Max has Asperger's Syndrome; most just say he's "on the spectrum. " None of this matters to Budo, who loves Max and is charged with protecting him from bullying. But he can't protect Max from Mrs. Patterson in the Learning Center, who does the unthinkable . . .
