Thirteen-year-old Mike isn't looking forward to the beginning of the school year. Middle school is tough anyway, and being the new kid at Llewellyn Junior High only makes it worse. Mike just wants to keep his head down and get through it, maybe make a few friends along the way, and hope that the school bullies leave him alone. It's not long before Jack, the self-proclaimed leader of the Snakes gang, recruits Mike for his crew of troublemakers...