Sylvester Coddmeyer III (aka SYL), 13, has baseball in his blood....literally. On the verge of quitting to not bring his team or dad down, Syl is visited by a mysterious man who secretly coaches him to sudden greatness. Based on the original work by Matt Christopher.

At the end of summer, an Asian-American 13-year-old pierces his own lip as a last ditch effort to win over a skater boy, who also happens to be his best friend.

Two bickering siblings set out to get the best candy while trick-or-treating, but in the face of an embarrassing costume incident and a group of bullies, they must put aside their quarrel to stick up for one another and save the candy.