When a new boy, Arnold, starts at Leon's school, he has no idea what to think: Arnold doesnt understand jokes, sarcasm is lost on him and he can be completely blunt. Leon has never met anyone like Arnold before, and an unlikely friendship blossoms.

Stanley `Carrot Harris is ginger, tubby and definitely not cool. And he has a secret: hes adopted, and this makes him feel like hes never quite fitted in. But Stanley isnt sure: what if hes a big disappointment to her So he hatches a plan and hes going to need a stand-in Stanley, someone who is handsome, sporty and Gods Gift to Mothers.