My best friend is invisible: Sam would have been happy to do his team report with Roxanne on photosynthesis, but his fearless friend insists they will do it on the ghosts reputed to haunt Hedge House. His experience there is ghoulish enough, but when he heads back home, he suddenly realizes he's not alone. An old story: When Tom and Jon's parents go out of town, Aunt Dahlia comes to watch them. She's a bit odd, but the prune cookies she is always...

Maggie, a single mother, moves into a new home in Brooklyn with her twelve-year old son, Oliver. Forced to work long hours, she has no choice but to leave Oliver in the care of their new neighbor, Vincent, a retired curmudgeon with a desire for alcohol and gambling. An odd friendship soon blossoms between the improbable pair. Together with a pregnant stripper, named Daka, Vincent brings Oliver along on all the stops that make up his daily routine,...