For Hank, fourth grade does not start out on the right foot. First of all, he gets called to the principal`s office on the very first day of school. Then the first assignment his teacher gives him is to write five paragraphs on What You Did This Summer. Hank is terrified--writing one good sentence is hard for him, so how in the world is he going to write five whole paragraphs? Hank comes up with a plan: instead of writing what he did on vacation, he`ll show what he did. But when Hank`s living essay becomes a living disaster, he finds himself in detention. Strangely enough, however, detention ends up becoming a turning point in his life.