Mike Longridge, given a choice between juvenile detention or participation in an outdoor program called Explore, opts for ten months in the Explore classes, but he feels out of place and must decide whether to stick it out or wind up in trouble again.
Edward, content to just get by at school, runs into trouble when his average dips below fifty percent, and decides to manipulate himself into the special education classes, thinking things will be even easier there.
Justin likes his after-school job at a guard-dog business, especially the old dog Smokey, but he soon learns that the owner is involved in illegal activity.
