When Jack is sent to Hazelwood, Iowa, to live with his strange aunt and uncle, he expects a summer of boredom. Little does he know that the people of Hazelwood have been waiting for him for a long time….
When he arrives, three astonishing things happen: First, he makes friends – not imaginary friends but actual friends. Second, he is beaten up by the town bully; the bullies at home always ignored him. Third, the richest man in town begins to plot Jacks imminent, and hopefully painful, demise.
Its up to Jack to figure out why suddenly everyone cares so much about him. Back home he was practically, well, invisible.