When Katie, a fourth grader, tries to become friends with some of her classmates, she meets their nasty, hateful rejection. The beginnings of verbal bullying are at play. A teacher jumps in only to find out it's not just the girls who are mean, but many more children, including a group of baseball players. What happens next opens a door to all kinds of secrets, hurts, and disappointments underlying the bullying of children. Can anything or anyone ever change?